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Proverbs 24:17

American Standard Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

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Proverbs 24:17 in other translations

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

Proverbs 24:17 · World English Bible

Proverbs 24:17 in context

  1. 15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
  2. 16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
  3. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
  4. 18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
  5. 19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: