Proverbs 23:17
Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
Translation for Translators
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
16I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
Cross References
Psalms 73:3because I envied those who proudly said that they did not need God, and I saw that they prospered even though they were wicked.
Proverbs 3:31Do not envy people who obtain things by violent actions, and do not imitate/do what they do.
Proverbs 24:1Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
Proverbs 24:21My child/son, revere Yahweh and also honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
Ecclesiastes 5:6Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And when you promise God to do something and do not do it, do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Now you have heard all that I have told you, and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do.
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 →