Proverbs 24:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ Good people might fall again and again, but they always get up. It is the wicked who are defeated by their troubles.

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¹⁷ Don’t be happy when your enemy has troubles. Don’t be glad when they fall. ¹⁸ The Lord will see this, and he might be upset with you and decide not to punish your enemy.