Proverbs 23:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Proverbs 23:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
1 Peter 1:17
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:
2 Corinthians 7:1
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.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Topics

Children Envy Fear Hatred Jealousy Man Minors Murmuring

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 pr…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17-18. (Compare Margin). The prosperity of the wicked is short.