Proverbs 23:17
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
In context
14 If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. 16 My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. 17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. 18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. 20 Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:17 in the KJV
Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:17 in the NIV
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.