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Proverbs 24:17-18

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Proverbs 24:17-18

17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

18lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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  • Who is speaking, and to whom?
  • What is happening before and after this passage?
  • What kind of writing is this—poetry, narrative, letter, or another form?
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