Proverbs 24:17

New International Reader's Version

Don’t be happy when your enemy falls. When he trips, don’t let your heart be glad.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:32

Abner’s body was buried in Hebron. The king wept out loud at Abner’s tomb. So did the rest of the people.

Job 31:29

“I wasn’t happy when hard times came to my enemies. I didn’t enjoy seeing the trouble they had.

Psalm 35:15

But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy. Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it. They kept on telling lies about me.

Psalm 35:19

Don’t let those who are my enemies without any reason laugh at me and make fun of me. Don’t let those who hate me without any reason wink at me with an evil purpose.

Psalm 42:10

My body suffers deadly pain as my enemies make fun of me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

Proverbs 17:5

Anyone who laughs at those who are poor makes fun of their Maker. Anyone who is happy when others suffer will be punished.

Proverbs 24:18

The Lord will see it, but he won’t be pleased. He might turn his anger away from your enemy.

Obadiah 1:12

That was a time of trouble for your relatives. So you shouldn’t have been happy about what happened to them. The people of Judah were destroyed. So you should not have been happy about it. You should not have laughed at them so much when they were in trouble.

Micah 7:8

The people of Jerusalem say, “Don’t laugh when we suffer, you enemies of ours! We have fallen. But we’ll get up. Even though we sit in the dark, the Lord will give us light.

Judges 16:25

After they had drunk a lot of wine, they shouted, “Bring Samson out. Let him put on a show for us.” So they called Samson out of the prison. He put on a show for them. They had him stand near the temple pillars.