Proverbs 24:17

Falleth — Into mischief.

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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 ob...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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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...
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.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Seven ] an indefinite, but considerable number. The wrath will now fall on you.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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 hereaf...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. Revenge Johnson makes a distinction between vengeance and revenge. Injuries, he says, are revenged; crime...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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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...

¹⁷ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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