Proverbs 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Warnings about dining with rulers, pursuing wealth, moving boundary stones, and the dangers of wine and the adulteress. The father pleads with his son to listen and buy truth and not sell it. The image of the drunken man who …
Other Translations
Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Cross References
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: …
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.