Proverbs 24:17
When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
In Context
18Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:5And, when King David had come as far as Bahurim, lo! from thence a man coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, whose name, was Shimei son of Gera, coming out and cursing as he came.
Psalms 35:15But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together,—There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;
Psalms 42:10With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Obadiah 1:12Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah—in the day of their ruin,—nor enlarge thy mouth—in the day of distress:
1 Corinthians 13:6Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—
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 →