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Proverbs 23:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.Proverbs 23:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:17 in context
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sinnerschaṭṭâʼa criminal, or one accounted guiltyH2400 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- envyqânâʼto be zealousH7065 →
- fearyirʼâhfearH3374 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: "Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-18