Proverbs 24:18 (BSB)

or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:18

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:17-18: Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way, when any damage comes to them (suppose they fall), or any danger (suppose they stumble), our corrupt hearts are too apt to...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:18: Fret not thyself because of evil men,.... Because of their outward prosperity and worldly happiness, any more than rejoice at their adversity; neither do the one nor the other; where the one prevails, the other does also; by the frequent repetition of this advice, it looks as if this evil is what good men are prone to, and which was very common in Solomon's time...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 24:18: Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. (f) To be avenged on you.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 24:17-18: Pro 24:17-18 Warning against a vindictive disposition, and joy over its satisfaction. 17 At the fall of thine enemy rejoice not, And at his overthrow let not thine heart be glad; 18 That Jahve see it not, and it be displeasing to Him, And He turns away His anger from Him. The Chethı̂b, which in itself, as the plur.