Proverbs 24:17

New English Translation

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:32

So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him –

Psalm 35:15

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

Psalm 35:19

Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

Psalm 42:10

My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Proverbs 17:5

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 24:18

lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

Obadiah 1:12

You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.

Micah 7:8

My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Judges 16:25

When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.