Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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Gill's Exposition
Let not thine heart envy sinners,.... Their present prosperity and happiness, the pleasure, profit, and honour, they seem to enjoy; all which is but a shadow, fading had temporary; and yet good men…
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Pro 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Pro 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins -…
Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: "Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the…
Cambridge Bible
Let not thine heart envy Comp. Psa 37:1.
be thou] Or, let it(thy heart) be. Some scholars repeat envyfrom the former clause: but let it envywith a nobler emulation (the Heb. word is frequently used…
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