Proverbs 24:17

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“Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,”

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BSBPD

“Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 24:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:25And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
  2. 2 Samuel 16:5As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
  3. Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
  4. Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  5. Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
  6. Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  7. Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
  8. Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
  9. Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  10. 1 Corinthians 13:6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

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