“ Fretb not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; ”
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...
Fret not . Chafe not thyself. Compare Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 37:7 ; Psalms 37:8 . evil men . evil-doers. Compare Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 37:7 ; Psalms 37:8 . Same word as in Proverbs 24:8 . en...
Fret not thyself because of evil men , neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; Fret not thyself ... neither be thou envious at the wicked - ( Proverbs 24:1 ; Proverbs 23:17 ; Psalms 37:1 ; P...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Fret not thyself because of evil men — i.e., at the sight of their prosperity, the same difficulty which occurred to the Psalmist ( Psalms 37:1 ). (Comp. also Psalms 73:3 and Jeremiah 12:1 .)
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...
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and th...
Fret not thyself because of evil [men] ,.... Because of their outward prosperity and worldly happiness, any more than rejoice at their adversity; neither do the one nor the other; where the one prev...
Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked; Ver. 19. Fret not thyself because of evil men. ] We are wondrous apt to be sick of the fret; hence so many precepts t...
Fret not thyself because of evil men For their present impunity, or good success. For there shall be no reward to the evil man All his hopes and happiness shall quickly and eternally perish, and...
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Here...
Fret not thyself; which translation of the word is confirmed by the parallel word in the following clause. Because of evil men; for their present impunity and good success.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:20 . Reward . The same word used in Proverbs 24:14 , and in chap. Proverbs 23:18 . Its literal meaning is “a hereafter.” Zöckler translates it end in the first two i...
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...
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. 19. Fret not thyself because of evil men, becoming enraged with envy on account of their apparent good fortune, neither be thou envious at the wicked, whose prosperity often seems so great;
2 Corinthians 6:17 ; 2 Timothy 3:2-5 ; Ephesians 5:11 ; Numbers 16:26 ; Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 23:17 ; Proverbs 24:1 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 119:115 ; Psalms 26:4 ; Psalms 26:5 ; Psalms...