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Proverbs · Chapter 24

Proverbs 24:15

Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;

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Before · Proverbs 24:13–14

13My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste; 14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;

After · Proverbs 24:16–17

16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. 17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

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