1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? …
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)Here, 1. The caution given is much the same with that which we had before (Prov. 23:17), not to envy sinners, not to think them happy, nor to wish ourselves in their condition, though they prosper ever so much in this world, and are ever so marry and ever so secure. “Let not such a thought ever come into thy mind, O that I could shake off the restraints of religion and conscience, and take as grea…
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