John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:18
Lest the Lord see it , and it displease him ,.... Who sees all things, not only external actions, but the heart, and the inward motions of it; and though men may hide the pleasure they feel at the misery of an enemy from others, they cannot hide it from the Lord; nor is this said by way of doubt, but as a certain thing; and which the Lord not barely sees, but takes notice of, and to such a degree as to resent it, and show his displeasure at it by taking the following step; and he turn... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:17-18
Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way, when any damage comes to them (suppose they fall), or any danger (suppose they stumble), our corrupt hearts are too apt to conceive a secret delight and satisfaction in it?Aha! so would we have it; they are entangled; the wilderness has shut them in?or, as Tyrus said concerning Jerusalem (Ezek.... read more