Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
16So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
18For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
Proverbs 3:31Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Proverbs 24:21Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
Ecclesiastes 5:6Do not let thy mouth cause thy flesh to sin,—neither say thou, before the messenger, that it was, a mistake,—wherefore should God be indignant at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Ecclesiastes 12:13The conclusion of the matter—the whole, let us hear,—Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, [concerneth] all mankind.
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 →