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Proverbs 24:15

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
KJV
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
WEB
Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
ASV
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
DARBY
Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
BLB
Do not lie in wait like a wicked one against the abode of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place;
ÅB
Lur ikke som en ugudelig på den rettferdiges bolig, ødelegg ikke hans hjem!
OTB
Ligg ikke på lur, du onde, mot den rettferdiges hjem; ødelegg ikke deres bolig;
B1930
Lur ikke som en ugudelig på den rettferdiges bolig, ødelegg ikke hans hjem!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

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  • Acts 9:24

    but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19

    So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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  • 1 Samuel 9:11

    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

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  • Matthew 26:4

    and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:20–23

    Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

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  • Psalms 140:5

    The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

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  • Isaiah 32:18

    Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

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