17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 24:17-18

Commentary on Proverbs 24:17-18

(Read Proverbs 24:17-18)

The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden.