Proverbs 24:18
פֶּן ־ יִרְאֶה יְהוָה וְרַע בְּעֵינָיו וְהֵשִׁיב מֵעָלָיו אַפּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
In Context
17בִּנְפֹל אויביך אַל ־ תִּשְׂמָח וּבִכָּשְׁלוֹ אַל ־ יָגֵל לִבֶּֽךָ ׃
19אַל ־ תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל ־ תְּקַנֵּא בָּרְשָׁעִֽים ׃
Cross References
Zechariah 1:15וְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל אֲנִי קֹצֵף עַל ־ הַגּוֹיִם הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּים אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי קָצַפְתִּי מְּעָט וְהֵמָּה עָזְרוּ לְרָעָֽה ׃
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 →