Proverbs 24:17-18
Modern English Version
Saying Twenty-Eight
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from him.
Proverbs 24:17-18
New King James Version
17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes
Proverbs 24:28-29
Modern English Version
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do so to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:28-29
New King James Version
28 (A)Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
[a]For would you deceive with your lips?
29 (B)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:28 LXX, Vg. Do not deceive
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