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


In Context

12 When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

13 Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.

14 So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

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

16 For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

17 In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Proverbs 24:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked [man,] against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling place;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: