Proverbs 23:17

Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

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Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.

BSB

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

KJV

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

ASV

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

BBE

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

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Matthew Henry · Verses 17–18

The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.