17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:17-18
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 17
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbgloatתִּשְׂמָ֑חH8055Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularwhen your enemyאוֹיְבֶיךָH341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularfallsבִּנְפֹ֣לH5307Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructand do notאַל־H408Adverblet your heartלִבֶּֽךָ׃H3820Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularrejoiceיָגֵ֥לH1523Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularwhen he stumblesוּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹH3782Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 18
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orפֶּן־H6435Conjunctionthe LORDיְ֭הוָהH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwill seeיִרְאֶ֣הH7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularand disapproveוְרַ֣עH7489Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular. . .בְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularand turn His wrathאַפּֽוֹ׃H639Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularawayוְהֵשִׁ֖יבH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularfrom himמֵעָלָ֣יוH5921Preposition-m | third person masculine singular