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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.

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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”

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire upon his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread,
    and if thirsty, let him drink water.
22 For coals of fire you will heap upon his head,
    and Yahweh will reward you.

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
    but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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The wounds of a friend mean well,
    but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

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