Proverbs 24:18
Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
In Context
17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
Cross References
Zechariah 1:15And [with] great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted — for evil.
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 →