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

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17 While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice;
    when he trips himself, may your heart[a] not be glad
18 lest Yahweh see and it be evil in his eyes,
    and turn his anger away from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:17 Or “mind”

28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.(A)
Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”(B)

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28 Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor
    nor deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him;
    I will pay back the man according to his deed.”

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