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 fear of the Lord Reverence the presence of the Divine Majesty, and dread his power and justice, and those judgments which he hath prepared for sinners, and thou wilt see no cause to envy, but rather to pity them; all the day long Not only when thou art in trouble, but in all times and conditions. For surely there is an end An expected and happy end for such as fear God; or, a reward, as the word אחרית, here used, is rendered, Proverbs 24:20. And thine expectation shall not be cut off Thou shalt certainly enjoy that good which thou expectest, as the wicked shall lose that happiness which they enjoy.