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It is often characterized by a sense of malicious satisfaction or triumph over another's adversity. In the biblical context, gloating is viewed negatively and is associated with pride, arrogance, and a lack of compassion.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Context:</b> <br>The Bible addresses the concept of gloating in several passages, often warning against it as an attitude contrary to the character of God and the teachings of Christ. Gloating is seen as an expression of a sinful heart, one that rejoices in the suffering of others rather than showing love and empathy.<br><br>1. <b><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm">Proverbs 24:17-18</a> :</b> <br> "Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him." <br> This passage from Proverbs explicitly warns against gloating over the misfortune of one's enemies. It highlights that such behavior is displeasing to God, who values humility and compassion over pride and malice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Obadiah 1:12</a> :</b> <br> "Do not gloat over your brother in the day of his calamity, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boastfully mock in the day of distress." <br> The prophet Obadiah condemns the Edomites for gloating over the destruction of Jerusalem. This verse underscores the inappropriateness of taking pleasure in the suffering of others, especially those with whom one shares a kinship or covenant relationship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Micah 7:8</a> :</b> <br> "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light." <br> Here, the prophet Micah speaks against the enemies of Israel who might gloat over the nation's temporary downfall. The verse reflects a confidence in God's redemptive power and a rejection of the enemy's malicious joy.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>Gloating is antithetical to the Christian virtues of love, humility, and forgiveness. It reflects a heart that is not aligned with the teachings of Jesus, who calls His followers to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them (<a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a>). The act of gloating reveals a lack of empathy and a failure to recognize the shared humanity and fallibility of all people.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Considerations:</b> <br>From a moral standpoint, gloating is considered a vice that can lead to further sin, such as pride and a hardened heart. It is a behavior that can damage relationships and communities, fostering division and animosity. Christians are encouraged to cultivate a spirit of compassion and to seek the well-being of others, even those who may be considered adversaries.<br><br><b>Practical Application:</b> <br>Believers are called to examine their hearts and attitudes, ensuring they do not fall into the trap of gloating. Instead, they should strive to emulate Christ's example of love and mercy, offering support and encouragement to those who are suffering, regardless of past conflicts or enmities. By doing so, they reflect the grace and love of God to the world.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>v. i.</I>) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2372.htm"><span class="l">2372. chazah -- see, behold</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition see, behold NASB Word Usage behold (7), envisioned in visions (1),<br> gaze (2), <b>gloat</b> (1), look (3), looked (1), prophesy (3), saw (7), see (12 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2372.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm"><span class="l">7200. raah -- to see</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), enjoy (1), enjoy* (3), examined (1), experience (1), exposed (1), face* (2),<br> faced* (2), find (1), gaze (2), give attention (1), <b>gloat</b> (2), heed (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7200.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/meyer/john_the_baptist/xv_the_grave_of_john.htm"><span class="l">The Grave of John, and Another Grave</span></a> <br><b>...</b> feast ended"the golden charger, on which lay the freshly-dissevered head of the<br> Baptist, borne by Salome to her mother, that the two might <b>gloat</b> on it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xv the grave of john.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stalker/the_trial_and_death_of_jesus_christ/chapter_vii_the_crown_of.htm"><span class="l">The Crown of Thorns.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> To us it is incomprehensible how the whole band should have been called together<br> merely to <b>gloat</b> over the sufferings of a fellow-creature and to turn His pain <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter vii the crown of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/sermon_x_on_the_collections.htm"><span class="l">On the Collections, V.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For they lose those returns which they might have for ever, and while they <b>gloat</b><br> over the brief and not always free enjoyment of what they possess, they are <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon x on the collections.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xvii_on_the_fact.htm"><span class="l">On the Fact that not Every Devil Has the Power of Suggesting Every <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> ought to know this, that not all devils can implant all the passions in men, but<br> that certain spirits brood over each sin, and that some <b>gloat</b> over uncleanness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvii on the fact.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_hope_of_future_bliss.htm"><span class="l">The Hope of Future Bliss</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Nay, for it cannot feed upon the carcase. Doth the dove grieve because the raven<br> can <b>gloat</b> itself on carrion? Nay, for it lives on other food. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the hope of future bliss.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/sermons_on_proverbs/trust_in_godtrue_wisdom.htm"><span class="l">Trust in God --True Wisdom</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Be wise, and learn of God, and close your ears to him who would have you destroy<br> yourself that he may <b>gloat</b> his malicious spirit over your eternal misery. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/trust in godtrue wisdom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pastor/the_pastor_books_first_second_third/elucidations.htm"><span class="l">Elucidations.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Refined by its social atmosphere, but refusing its sanctifying power, they <b>gloat</b><br> over the failures and falls of those with whom their own emancipation was begun <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/elucidations.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/gethsemane.htm"><span class="l">Gethsemane</span></a> <br><b>...</b> here is Christ's piercing rebuke, addressed, not to the poor, ignorant tools, but<br> to the prime movers of the conspiracy, who had come to <b>gloat</b> over its success <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/gethsemane.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/forgiven_and_unforgiving.htm"><span class="l">Forgiven and Unforgiving</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He will not do much towards recouping himself of his loan by flinging the poor debtor<br> into prison, but if he cannot get his ducats he will <b>gloat</b> over his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/forgiven and unforgiving.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/sins_writing_and_its_erasure.htm"><span class="l">Sin's Writing and Its Erasure</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Faith in Christ makes memory no longer a record which we blush to turn over, or<br> upon which we <b>gloat</b> with imaginative delight in guilty pleasures past, but a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/sins writing and its erasure.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/gloat.htm"><span class="l"><b>Gloat</b> (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Gloat</b> (11 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Psalms 35:24 Vindicate me, Yahweh<br> my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them <b>gloat</b> over me. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloat.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/glittering.htm"><span class="l">Glittering (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/glittering.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vindicate.htm"><span class="l">Vindicate (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 35:24 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your<br> righteousness. Don't let them <b>gloat</b> over me. (WEB RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vindicate.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gloated.htm"><span class="l">Gloated (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of <b>Gloat</b>. Multi-Version Concordance Gloated<br> (5 Occurrences). Job 31:25 If I have rejoiced because <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloated.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slips.htm"><span class="l">Slips (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB). Psalms 38:16 For I said, "Don't let them <b>gloat</b> over me, or exalt<br> themselves over me when my foot slips." (WEB NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slips.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exalt.htm"><span class="l">Exalt (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 38:16 For I said, "Don't let them<br><b>gloat</b> over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." (WEB NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exalt.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/boast.htm"><span class="l">Boast (86 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 38:16 For I said, "Don't let them<br><b>gloat</b> over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/boast.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/polluted.htm"><span class="l">Polluted (80 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV WBS). Micah 4:11 Now many nations have assembled against you, that say,<br> "Let her be defiled, and let our eye <b>gloat</b> over Zion." (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/polluted.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gloating.htm"><span class="l">Gloating (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of <b>Gloat</b>. Multi-Version Concordance<br> Gloating (1 Occurrence). Habakkuk 3:14 You pierced <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloating.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Christianity-Judaism.html">What is the difference between Christianity and Judaism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-suffering.html">Why did Jesus have to experience so much suffering? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Lamentations.html">Summary of the Book of Lamentations - Bible Survey | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/gloat.htm">Gloat: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Gloat (11 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Revelation 11:10</a></span><br />Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/22-17.htm">Psalms 22:17</a></span><br />I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.<br /><span class="source">(See JPS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/30-1.htm">Psalms 30:1</a></span><br />A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/35-24.htm">Psalms 35:24</a></span><br />Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them <span class="boldtext">gloat</span> over me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-16.htm">Psalms 38:16</a></span><br />For I said, "Don't let them <span class="boldtext">gloat</span> over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/59-10.htm">Psalms 59:10</a></span><br />My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Lamentations 2:17</a></span><br />Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Obadiah 1:12</a></span><br />But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/obadiah/1-13.htm">Obadiah 1:13</a></span><br />Don't enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don't look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/4-11.htm">Micah 4:11</a></span><br />Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye <span class="boldtext">gloat</span> over Zion."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Micah 7:10</a></span><br />Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/g/gloat.htm">Gloat</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gloat.htm">Gloat (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gloating.htm">Gloating (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/g/glittering.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Glittering"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Glittering" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/g/gloated.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Gloated"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Gloated" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>