Proverbs 24:17
Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
In Context
16For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
18Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:5And when king Dauid came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the familie of the house of Saul, named Shimei the sonne of Gera: and he came out, and cursed.
Psalms 35:15But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,
Psalms 42:10My bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproch me, saying dayly vnto me, Where is thy God?
Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not haue beholden the day of thy brother, in the day that hee was made a stranger, neither shouldest thou haue reioyced ouer the children of Iudah, in the day of their destruction: thou shouldest not haue spoken proudly in the day of affliction.
1 Corinthians 13:6It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:16-17
Cautions against Envy. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, ch. xxiii. 9 ), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they… Read the whole commentary →