Proverbs 24:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 24:17 - 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 24:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Rejoice not. Illustrations: Tyre ( Ezekiel 26:2-6 ); Ammon ( Ezekiel 25:6 ); David ( 2 Samuel 1:11 ; 2 Samuel 1:12 ). Compare Psalms 35:13 ; Psalms 35:14 ); Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 9:1 ); Edom ( Oba...
Proverbs 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, (into this mischief), and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth...
Proverbs 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Thine enemy - so the Qeri'; but the Kethibh, 'thine enemies.' Let not thine heart be glad (not only...
Proverbs 24:17 - 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 24:17 - 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 24:17 - 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 24:17 - 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 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth ,.... These words are spoken not to the wicked man, Proverbs 24:15 ; but to the just man, or Solomon's son, or the children of Wisdom; for by the "enemy" is mea...
Proverbs 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Ver. 17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. ] If thou dost, it is a sure sign of devilish hatred - επιχα...
Proverbs 24:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth Namely, into mischief or trouble, as in the former verse; please not thyself in his destruction. This plainly shows that the love of our enemies is a precept of...
Proverbs 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the L ORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ...
Proverbs 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Falleth, to wit, into mischief, as in the former verse. Please not thyself in his destruction; which plainly shows that the love of our enemies is a precept of the old law as well as of the gospel....
Proverbs 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:20 . Reward . The same word used in Proverbs 24:14 , and in chap. Proverbs 23:18 . Its literal meaning is “a hereafter.” Zöckler translates it end in the first two i...
Proverbs 24:17 - 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 24:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. Revenge Johnson makes a distinction between vengeance and revenge. Injuries, he says, are revenged; crimes are avenged. The former is an act of passion, th...
Proverbs 24:17 - 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 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 17. Rejoice not, in malignant joy, when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, since delight in another's hurt is just as objectionable as outright violence,
Proverbs 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:6 ; 1 Corinthians 13:7 ; 2 Samuel 16:5-14 ; Job 31:29 ; Judges 16:25 ; Obadiah 1:12 ; Proverbs 17:5 ; Psalms 35:15 ; Psalms 35:19 ; Psalms 42:10
Proverbs 24:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Falleth — Into mischief.

Proverbs 24:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 24:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 24:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 24:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 24:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes