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Proverbs 24:15 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

Cross Reference

1 Samuel 9:11 YLT

They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this `place'?'

1 Samuel 22:18-19 YLT

And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

1 Samuel 23:20-23 YLT

And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours `is' to shut him up into the hand of the king.' And Saul saith, `Blessed `are' ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me; go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for `one' hath said unto me, He is very subtile. And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'

Psalms 10:8-10 YLT

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

Psalms 37:32 YLT

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Psalms 56:6 YLT

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Psalms 59:3 YLT

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Psalms 140:5 YLT

The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

Proverbs 1:11 YLT

If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 22:28 YLT

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

Isaiah 32:18 YLT

And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

Jeremiah 11:19 YLT

And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

Matthew 26:4 YLT

and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',

Acts 9:24 YLT

and their counsel against `him' was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

Acts 23:16 YLT

And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

Acts 25:3 YLT

asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

Commentary on Proverbs 24 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


CHAPTER 24

Pr 24:1-34.

1, 2. (Compare Pr 23:3, 17; Ps 37:1).

2. studieth—meditateth.

talk … mischief—Their expressed purposes are to do evil.

3, 4. (Compare Pr 14:1; Isa 54:14).

house—including the family.

4. by knowledge … riches—(Pr 8:18; 21:20).

5, 6. The general statement (Ec 9:16, 18) is specially illustrated (compare Pr 21:22; Ps 144:1).

7. (Compare Pr 14:16).

in the gate—(Compare Pr 22:22).

8. So called even if he fails to do evil.

9. Same thought varied.

10. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.

11, 12. Neglect of known duty is sin (Jas 4:17).

ready—literally, "bowing down"

to be slain—that is, unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed ignorance.

13, 14. As delicious food whets the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.

14. reward—literally, "after part," the proper result (compare Pr 23:18; Ps 37:37, 38).

15, 16. The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (Ps 37:24); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.

16. seven times—often, or many (Pr 6:16, 31; 9:1).

17, 18. Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare Pr 17:5; Job 31:29).

19, 20. (Ps 37:1, 38; 18:28).

20. candle—or, "prosperity"; it shall come to an end (Pr 13:9; 20:20).

21, 22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17).

meddle … change—(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.

22. their calamity, &c.—either what God and the king inflict, or what changers and their company suffer; better the first.

23. These … wise—literally, "are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of David," Hebrew). "These" refers to the verses following, Pr 24:24-34.

to have respect—literally, "to discern faces," show partiality,

24, 25. of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.

26. kiss his lips—love and obey, do homage (Ps 2:12; So 8:1).

right answer—literally, "plain words" (compare Pr 8:9), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.

27. Prepare … in the field—Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build; provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.

28. Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.

29. Especially avoid retaliation (Mt 5:43-45; Ro 12:17).

30, 31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.

32-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).