Proverbs 24:15-22

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one,
at the camp of the righteous man;^(A)
don’t destroy his dwelling.
¹⁶ Though a righteous person falls seven times,
he will get up,^(B)
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.^(C)

¹⁷ Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,^(D)
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn his wrath away from him.

¹⁹ Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.^(E)
20 For the evil have no future;^(F)
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.^(G)

²¹ My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,^(H)
and don’t associate with rebels,^[a]
22 for destruction will come suddenly from them;
who knows what distress these two can bring?