Proverbs 24:17

Words of the Wise

17 n Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

  1. Cross References
    Job 31:29
    If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
    Psalms 35:15
    But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease.
    Psalms 35:19
    Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
    Proverbs 17:5
    He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.