17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 or 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 not אַל־ H408 Adverb gloat תִּשְׂמָ֑ח H8055 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular when your enemy אוֹיְבֶיךָ H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular falls בִּנְפֹ֣ל H5307 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct and do not אַל־ H408 Adverb let your heart לִבֶּֽךָ׃ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular rejoice יָגֵ֥ל H1523 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular when he stumbles וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ H3782 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 18
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or פֶּן־ H6435 Conjunction the LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular will see יִרְאֶ֣ה H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and disapprove וְרַ֣ע H7489 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular . . . בְּעֵינָ֑יו H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular and turn His wrath אַפּֽוֹ׃ H639 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular away וְהֵשִׁ֖יב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular from him מֵעָלָ֣יו H5921 Preposition-m | third person masculine singular