Proverbs 24:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
προσκόπτω
proskóptō
to strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
προσκόπτω proskóptō
to strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literally or figuratively)
Study G4350 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit...
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set ...
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