Proverbs 24:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ”

Proverbs 24:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin. The meaning is “Thy joy will be suicidal, the wrath of the righteous Judge will be turned upon thee, as the greater offender, and thou wilt have to bear a worse evil than that which...
Proverbs 24:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath (f) from him. (f) To be avenged on you.
Proverbs 24:18 - 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 24:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from him. Supply Ellipsis, "from him [to thee]".
Proverbs 24:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lest the LORD see it , and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. And he turn away his wrath from him - Wrath is here taken for the effect of wrath, punishment; and the meaning must...
Proverbs 24:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Lest the Lord ... turn, away his wrath from him - upon thee. The Lord's turning away His wrath from him is vir...
Proverbs 24:18 - 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 24:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he turn away his wrath from him. — Upon thee as having sinned more deeply than thine enemy in thus rejoicing at his misfortunes. (Comp. Proverbs 17:5 .)
Proverbs 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him ,.... Who sees all things, not only external actions, but the heart, and the inward motions of it; and though men may hide the pleasure they feel at the...
Proverbs 24:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Ver. 18. Lest the Lord see it, ] viz., Thy pride and cruelty, as he will, for he is ολοφθαλμος, all eye, and εχει...
Proverbs 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Understand, upon thee , which is implied in the Hebrew phrase, such defects being usual in that concise language, Psalms 84:11 Proverbs 19:1 , and oft elsewhere. This consideration strikes at t...
Proverbs 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - 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 24:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. lest the Lord see it and it displease Him, as all evidences of malice are hound to do, and He turn away His wrath from him, that is, from the enemy, His punishment striking the person of m...
Proverbs 24:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 4:21 ; Lamentations 4:22 ; Zechariah 1:15 ; Zechariah 1:16
Proverbs 24:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

From him — Understand, upon thee, which is implied in the Hebrew phrase.

Proverbs 24:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 24:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 24:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 24:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 24:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 24:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 24:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 24:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 24:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 24:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes