“ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. ”
A lesson given before, now combined with another. True followers after wisdom will admit neither envy of evil on the one hand, nor admiration or fellowship with it on the other.
Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
Be not thou envious . Do not get excited. Compare Proverbs 23:17 .
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Evil men, neither desire to be with them - i:e., to share in their ways. Proverbs 23:17 ; Proverbs 23:30-35 shows the...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding i...
Be not thou envious against evil men ,.... Or, "men of evil" b. Such who are addicted to evil, and given up to it, whose principles and practices are bad; such as are before described in the precedi...
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 1. Be not thou envious against evil men. ] Heb., Men of evil - such as are set upon sin; as are like Caracalla, qui nihi...
Be not thou envious , &c. The proneness of good men, especially while they are weak, and only in the beginnings of their course of piety and virtue, to be dejected at the prosperity of the ungod...
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Here, 1. The caution given is much...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 24 Their company or manner of life.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:5 . A man of knowledge , rather “ a man of understanding ,” increaseth strength , literally “ maketh power strong .” Miller translates the entire verse thus:—“ A stro...
Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Evil men not to be envied The first verse of this chapter is very naturally connected with the close of the chapter precedi...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...
v. 1. Be not thou envious against evil men, desiring their company on account of their apparent prosperity and good fortune, neither desire to be with them, to be one of their number, to he accep...
Galatians 5:19-21 ; Genesis 13:10-13 ; Genesis 19:1-11 ; James 4:5 ; James 4:6 ; Proverbs 1:11-15 ; Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 23:17 ; Proverbs 24:19 ; Proverbs 3:31 ; Psalms 26:9 ; Psalms...