Proverbs 23:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. ”

Proverbs 23:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips c...
Proverbs 23:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
Proverbs 23:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sinners. Hebrew. chata'. App-44. the fear of the LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7 .
Proverbs 23:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 804 THE FEAR OF GOD ALL THE DAY Proverbs 23:17-18 . Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long: for surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off . THE men...
Proverbs 23:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 23:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Let not thine heart envy sinners - in prosperity, so as to be tempted to imitate their example ( Psalms...
Proverbs 23:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
Proverbs 23:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Proverbs 23:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Nothing can be more conclusive; by way...
Proverbs 23:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LIFE IS FOR GOD ‘Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.’ Proverbs 23:17 I. Holy Scripture is full of warnings against this fatal form of env...
Proverbs 23:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let not thine heart envy sinners ,.... Their present prosperity and happiness, the pleasure, profit, and honour, they seem to enjoy; all which is but a shadow, fading had temporary; and yet good men...
Proverbs 23:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Ver. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners. ] Who, have they never so much here, they have but a pension, a...
Proverbs 23:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let not thy heart envy sinners Let not the consideration of their present impunity and prosperity excite thee either to envy them, or to approve and imitate their evil courses; but be thou in the...
Proverbs 23:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the L ORD all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Here is, 1...
Proverbs 23:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let not thine heart envy sinners; let not the consideration of their present impunity and prosperity stir thee up, either to envy them, or to approve and imitate their evil courses. Be thou in the...
Proverbs 23:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:17 . Let not thine heart envy , etc. The verb translated envy refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “ strive after .” Miller renders it “ be...
Proverbs 23:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Proverbs 23:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 I. Holy Scripture is full of warnings against this fatal form of envy, for indeed in this form came the first temptation to our mother Eve. Why did she look towards the fatal tree,...
Proverbs 23:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Proverbs 23:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. Envy of sinners forbidden, and the fear of God enjoined I. Some of the reasons why men very frequently ar...
Proverbs 23:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
Proverbs 23:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners, for their apparent happiness and prosperity; but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long; that is the proper object of emulation, after which one...
Proverbs 23:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:17 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; Acts 9:31 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Ecclesiastes 5:7 ; Proverbs 15:16 ; Proverbs 24:1 ; Proverbs 28:14 ; Proverbs 3:31 ; Psalms 111:10...

Proverbs 23:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 23:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

Proverbs 23:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 23:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge