Zhēnyán 24:18

18 Kǒngpà Yēhéhuá kànjian jiù bù xǐyuè , jiāng nùqì cóng chóudí shēnshang zhuǎn guo lái .

Zhēnyán 24:18 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:18

Lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him
Who sees all things, not only external actions, but the heart, and the inward motions of it; and though men may hide the pleasure they feel at the misery of an enemy from others, they cannot hide it from the Lord; nor is this said by way of doubt, but as a certain thing; and which the Lord not barely sees, but takes notice of, and to such a degree as to resent it, and show his displeasure at it by taking the following step; and he turn away his wrath from him;
remove the effects of it, raise him out of his fallen and distressed condition, and restore him to his former prosperous one; and not only so, but turn it upon thee, as Gersom supplies the words, and not amiss; so that there is a strange and sudden change of circumstances; thou that was pleasing thyself with the distress of thine enemy art fallen into the same, and he is delivered out of it; which must be a double affliction to such a man; so that by rejoicing at an enemy, he is doing his enemy good and himself hurt; see ( Proverbs 17:5 ) .

Zhēnyán 24:18 In-Context

16 Yīnwei yì rén suī qī cì diēdǎo , réng bì xīngqǐ . è rén què beì huòhuàn qīng dǎo .

17 Nǐ chóudí diēdǎo , nǐ búyào huānxǐ . tā qīng dǎo , nǐ xīn búyào kuaìlè .

18 Kǒngpà Yēhéhuá kànjian jiù bù xǐyuè , jiāng nùqì cóng chóudí shēnshang zhuǎn guo lái .

19 Búyào wèi zuò è de xīnhuái bù píng . yĕ búyào jídù è rén .

20 Yīnwei è rén zhōng bùdé shàn bào . è rén de dēng yĕ bì xī miè .