Proverbs 23:17
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- WEB
- Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
- ASV
- Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
- DARBY
- Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
- BLB
- Do not let your heart be jealous of the sinners, but rather in the fear of YHWH all the day.
- ÅB
- La ikke ditt hjerte være nidkjært mot syndere, men alltid nidkjært for Herrens frykt!
- OTB
- La ikke ditt hjerte misunne syndere, men vær alltid ivrig etter frykten for Herren.
- B1930
- La ikke ditt hjerte være nidkjært mot syndere, men alltid nidkjært for Herrens frykt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Read in contextProverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Read in context1 Peter 1:17
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Read in contextActs 9:31
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Read in contextPsalms 37:1–3
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Read in contextPsalms 111:10–112:1
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Read in context