the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 23:17
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Don’t let your heart envy sinners;instead, always fear the Lord.
Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear the LORD all the day long.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always.
Don't envy sinners, but always respect the Lord .
Do not let your heart envy sinners [who live godless lives and have no hope of salvation], But [continue to] live in the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the LORD day by day.
Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lorde continually.
Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners,But be zealous in the fear of Yahweh always.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
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Don't be jealous of sinners, but always honor the Lord .Don't envy sinners, but follow the example of those who always fear God;
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Never envy evil people, but always respect the Lord .
Let not your heart envy sinners; but revere the LORD all the day long.
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Don't be envious of sinful people; let reverence for the Lord be the concern of your life.May your heart not envy the sinners, but live in fear of Yahweh all day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but only be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:
Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;
Let not thine heart enuy sinners, but be thou in the feare of the Lord all the day long.
Let not thyne heart be ielous to folowe sinners, but kepe thee styll in the feare of the Lorde all the day long:
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:
Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai.
Don't let your heart envy sinners; But [be] in the fear of Yahweh all the day long:
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day;
Don't envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord .
Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord always.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord .
Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not: Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 24:1, Psalms 37:1-3, Psalms 73:3-7
be thou: Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 28:14, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 112:1, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Acts 9:31, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Peter 1:17
Reciprocal: Psalms 25:5 - on thee Proverbs 3:6 - In Proverbs 24:19 - neither Jeremiah 32:39 - they may Daniel 6:20 - servest Romans 3:18 - General 1 Peter 2:17 - Fear
Cross-References
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."
Ephron was part of the local Hittite community. Then Ephron the Hittite spoke up, answering Abraham with all the Hittites who were part of the town council listening: "Oh no, my master! I couldn't do that. The field is yours—a gift. I'll give it and the cave to you. With my people as witnesses, I give it to you. Bury your deceased wife."
Then Ephron answered Abraham, "If you insist, master. What's four hundred silver shekels between us? Now go ahead and bury your wife."
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.' "So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. ‘But,' God said, ‘I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.' "Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign. "But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs. "Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt. "Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor.
Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 are apt to envy it in their hearts, if they do not express it with their lips; and are ready to murmur and think it hard that they should be in straitened circumstances while the wicked are in flourishing ones; and inwardly fret and are uneasy at it, which they should not,
Psalms 37:1; or do not "emulate" or "imitate" z them, or do as they do, thinking thereby to enjoy the same prosperity and happiness; choose not their ways, nor desire to be with them, to have their company, or be ranked among them, Proverbs 3:31;
but [be thou] in the fear of the Lord all the day long; let the fear of God be always before thine eyes and in thine heart; be continually in the exercise of fear, which is attended with faith and trust in the Lord; with love and affection to him, and joy and delight in him; be constantly employed in the duties of religion, private and public, which the fear of God includes; and this will be a preservative from envying, murmuring, and fretting at the outward happiness of wicked men; and from joining with them in their evil ways. Aben Ezra, and who is followed by some others, render it, "but [emulate or imitate] the men that fear the Lord all the day long" a; be followers of them, and do as they do; let their constant piety and devotion stir up a holy emulation in thee to copy after them and exceed them; but the former sense is best.
z ×× ××§× × "ne aemuletur", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius et Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. a "Aemulare virum timentem, Jehovam", Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the discipleâs heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it.
Reins - See Job 19:27 note.
Proverbs 23:17
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb âenvyâ with the second clause, âenvy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.â
Proverbs 23:18
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Proverbs 23:20
Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as âgluttonâ in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20.
Proverbs 23:21
The three forms of evil that destroy reputation and tempt to waste are brought together.
Drowsiness - Specially the drunken sleep, heavy and confused.
Proverbs 23:26
Observe - Another reading gives, âlet thine eyes delight in my ways.â
Proverbs 23:28
As for a prey - Better as in the margin.
The transgressors - Better, the treacherous,â those that attack men treacherously.
Proverbs 23:29
Woe ... sorrow - The words in the original are interjections, probably expressing distress. The sharp touch of the satirist reproduces the actual inarticulate utterances of drunkenness.
Proverbs 23:30
Mixed wine - Wine flavored with aromatic spices, that increase its stimulating properties Isaiah 5:22. There is a touch of sarcasm in âgo to seek.â The word, elsewhere used of diligent search after knowledge Proverbs 25:2; Job 11:7; Psalms 139:1, is used here of the investigations of connoisseurs in wine meeting to test its qualities.
Proverbs 23:31
His color - literally, âits eye,â the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Song of Solomon 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Proverbs 23:32
Adder - Said to be the Cerastes, or horned snake.
Proverbs 23:34
The passage is interesting, as showing the increased familiarity of Israelites with the experiences of sea life (compare Psalms 104:25-26; Psalms 107:23-30).
In the midst of the sea - i. e., When the ship is in the trough of the sea and the man is on the deck. The second clause varies the form of danger, the man is in the âcradleâ at the top of the mast, and sleeps there, regardless of the danger.
Proverbs 23:35
The picture ends with the words of the drunkard on waking from his sleep. Unconscious of the excesses of the night, his first thought is to return to his old habit.
When shall I awake ... - Better, when I shall awake I will seek it yet again.
