Proverbs 23:17

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

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sinners. Hebrew. chata'. App-44. the fear of the LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7 .
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
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 i...
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...
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 b...
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...
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 bu...
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 t...
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 an...
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 exp...
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 appro...
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 tr...
Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
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 mot...
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 th...
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...
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 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...
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 ;...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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