Proverbs 24:15-17

Contemporary English Version

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¹⁵Don't be a cruel person
who attacks good people
    and hurts their families.
¹⁶Even if good people
fall seven times,
    they will get back up.
But when trouble strikes
the wicked,
    that's the end of them.

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¹⁷Don't be happy
to see your enemies trip
and fall down.

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Proverbs 24:15-17

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Saying 27

¹⁵Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
do not plunder their dwelling place;
¹⁶for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.^(A)

Saying 28

¹⁷Do not gloat^(B) when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,^(C)

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Proverbs 24:15-17

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Proverbs 24:15-17

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