Proverbs 24:18 “or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.”

Proverbs 24:18

or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

World English Bible

lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

American Standard Version

Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

Darby Translation

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

Young's Literal Translation

Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Bible in Basic English

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

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Cross references

“and he”

Lamentations 4:21 Lamentations 4:22 Zechariah 1:15 Zechariah 1:16

Lamentations 4:21 · BSB

So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Lamentations 4:22 · BSB

O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Zechariah 1:15 · BSB

but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity. ’

Zechariah 1:16 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

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