Proverbs 24:17 · KJV
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:”
— Proverbs 24:17
For a just {man} falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Lest the LORD see {it}, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. {it displeaseth...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes}
Proverbs 24 — Context
Lay not wait, O wicked {man}, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16For a just {man} falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18Lest the LORD see {it}, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. {it displeaseth...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes}
19Fret not thyself because of evil {men}, neither be thou envious at the wicked; {Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}
Cross References
Obadiah 1:12
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. {spoken...: Heb. magnified thy mouth}
Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: {and} he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
1 Corinthians 13:6-7
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; {in the truth: or, with the truth}
2 Samuel 16:5-14
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name {was} Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. {he came forth...: or, he still came forth and cursed}
Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: {yea}, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew {it} not; they did tear {me}, and ceased not: {adversity: Heb. halting}
Psalms 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. {wrongfully: Heb. falsely}
Psalms 42:10
{As} with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where {is} thy God? {sword: or, killing}