Proverbs 24:17 Cross References

Proverbs 24:17

17: Do not rejoice when your enemies fall into trouble. Don't be happy when they stumble.

"You shouldn't have done this! You shouldn't have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You shouldn't have rejoiced because they were suffering such misfortune. You shouldn't have crowed over them as they suffered these disasters.

"Have I ever rejoiced when my enemies came to ruin or become excited when harm came their way?

But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don't even know; they hurl slander at me continually.

As David and his party passed Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, a member of Saul's family.
He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded them.
"Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!" he shouted at David.
"The LORD is paying you back for murdering Saul and his family. You stole his throne, and now the LORD has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, you murderer!"
"Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?" Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. "Let me go over and cut off his head!"

Don't let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don't let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.

It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

Their taunts pierce me like a fatal wound. They scoff, "Where is this God of yours?"

Half drunk by now, the people demanded, "Bring out Samson so he can perform for us!" So he was brought from the prison and made to stand at the center of the temple, between the two pillars supporting the roof.

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