Proverbs 24:17

Easy To Read Version

Don’t be happy when your enemy has troubles. Don’t be happy when he falls.

Cross References

Job 31:29

“I have never been happy\par when my enemies were destroyed.\par I have never laughed at my enemies\par when bad things happened to them.\par

Psalm 35:15

But when I made a mistake, {\cf2\super [218]} \par those people laughed at me.\par Those people were not really friends.\par I didn’t even know them.\par But they surrounded me and attacked me.\par

Psalm 35:19

My lying enemies will not keep laughing.\par Surely my enemies will be punished\par for their secret plans. {\cf2\super [219]} \par

Psalm 42:10

My enemy constantly insults me\par and strikes a deadly blow\par when he asks me,\par “Where is your God?\par \{Has he come to save you yet?\}”\par

Proverbs 17:5

Some people make fun of poor people. They laugh at people who have problems. This shows that those bad people don’t respect God who made them. These bad people will be punished.

Proverbs 24:18

If you do, the Lord will see this, and the Lord will not be happy with you. Then the Lord might help your enemy.

Micah 7:8

I have fallen.\par But enemy, don’t laugh at me!\par I will get up again.\par I sit in darkness now.\par But the Lord will be a light for me.\par

Judges 16:25

The people were having a good time at the celebration. So they said, “Bring Samson out. We want to make fun of him.” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. They made Samson stand between the columns in the temple of the god Dagon.