Proverbs 24:18

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

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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 t...
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.
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

from him. Supply Ellipsis, "from him [to thee]".
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...
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....
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.
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. Prover...
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...
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 perpe...
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 aga...
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...
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, a...
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...
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 h...
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 ,...
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

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 wic...
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

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 4:21 ; Lamentations 4:22 ; Zechariah 1:15 ; Zechariah 1:16

¹⁸ Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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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