Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
In Context
16and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
18for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 73:3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 3:31Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
Ecclesiastes 5:6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:13-17
Parental Duties. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book,… Read the whole commentary →