Proverbs 24:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: ”

Proverbs 24:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The teaching of the proverb warns men not to attack or plot against the righteous. They will lose their labor, “Though the just man fall (not into sin, but into calamities), yet he riseth up.” The...
Proverbs 24:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
Proverbs 24:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wicked . lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. (singular), Proverbs 24:16 (plural) the righteous . a just one.
Proverbs 24:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lay not wait, O wicked man , against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: The dwelling of the righteous - צדיק tsaddik, the man who is walking unblameably in all the testimoni...
Proverbs 24:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: Lay not wait, O wicked (man), against the dwelling (Hebrew, the cottage; the humble dwelling) o...
Proverbs 24:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Proverbs 24:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...
Proverbs 24:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...
Proverbs 24:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Rejoi...
Proverbs 24:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous ,.... The church of God, which is the righteous man's dwelling place, and where he desires and delights to dwell; or his own dwell...
Proverbs 24:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: Ver. 15. Lay not wait, O wicked man, &c. ] Eνθα γαρ οι Yεοι, as that heathen said - God dwells...
Proverbs 24:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lay not wait, &c., against the dwelling of the righteous Against his person, or family, or possessions. Do him no injury, either by subtle and secret devices, or, as it follows, by manifest vio...
Proverbs 24:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Proverbs 24:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lay not wait; do him no injury, either by subtle and secret devices, or, as it follows, by manifest violence. Against the dwelling of the righteous; against his person, or family, or possession.
Proverbs 24:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:16 . The wicked shall fall . Delitzsch reads, “ the wicked are overthrown when calamity falls on them , i.e. , they do not rise again and again as the just man does....
Proverbs 24:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...
Proverbs 24:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...
Proverbs 24:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 15. Lay not wait, O wicked man, with the intention of performing mischief and malice, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting-place, where he is leading a quiet and peacea...
Proverbs 24:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; 1 Samuel 23:20-23 ; 1 Samuel 9:11 ; Acts 23:16 ; Acts 25:3 ; Acts 9:24 ; Isaiah 32:18 ; Jeremiah 11:19 ; Matthew 26:4 ; Proverbs 1:11 ; Proverbs 22:28 ;...

Proverbs 24:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 24:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 24:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 24:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 24:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 24:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 24:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 24:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 24:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge