Proverbs 24:18
Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
In Context
17Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:15And am greatly angrie against the carelesse heathen: for I was angrie but a litle, and they helped forward the affliction.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:18-19
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way, when any damage comes to them (suppose they fall), or any danger (suppose they stumble), our corrupt hearts are too apt to conceive a secret… Read the whole commentary →