Proverbs 23:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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, an annuity; a state of life granted them in the utmost and most remote part of our inheritance.

But be thou in the fear of the Lord all day long.] An excellent means to cure one of the fret. Probatum est. Only it must be used constantly. Men must wake with God, walk with him, and lie down with him, be in continual communion with him and conformity unto him. This is to be in heaven beforehand.

Proverbs 23:17

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