Proverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart be envious at sinners, || But—in the fear of YHWH all the day.
Literal Standard Version
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 exult when your lips speak uprightly.
18For is there a posterity? Then your hope is not cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 73:3I see the peace of the wicked, || That there are no bands at their death,
Proverbs 3:31Do not be envious of a man of violence, || Nor fix on any of his ways.
Proverbs 24:1Do not be envious of evil men, || And do not desire to be with them.
Proverbs 24:21Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, || Do not mix yourself up with changers,
Ecclesiastes 5:6Do not permit your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger that it [is] ignorance. Why is God angry because of your voice and has destroyed the work of your hands?
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the whole matter let us hear: “Fear God, and keep His commands, 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 →