15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
Don’t destroy his resting place: 16 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers;
neither be envious of the wicked: 20 for there will be no reward to the evil man;
and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king.
Don’t join those who are rebellious: 22 for their calamity will rise suddenly;
the destruction from them both—who knows?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 24:15-22
Commentary on Proverbs 24:15-16
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The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:17-18
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The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:19-20
(Read Proverbs 24:19-20)
Envy not the wicked their prosperity; be sure there is no true happiness in it.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:21-22
(Read Proverbs 24:21-22)
The godly in the land, will be quiet in the land. There may be cause to change for the better, but have nothing to do with them that are given change.