Proverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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
16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 24:1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Ecclesiastes 5:6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty 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 →