17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-18)Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: “ Let not thy heart envy sinners ; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied. Their prosperity is their portion (Pr. 12:14), nay, it is their poison,” Prov. 1:32. We must not harbour in our hearts any secret discontent at the p…
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