Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

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17 (A)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in [a]the (B)fear of the Lord [b]always.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:17 Or reverence for
  2. Proverbs 23:17 Lit all the day

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,(A)
    but only those who always fear the Lord;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:17 Those whom one admires or associates with exercise enormous influence. Do not join the wicked, who are a doomed group. The warning is repeated in 24:1–2, 19–20.

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

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17 Don't be envious of sinful people; let reverence for the Lord be the concern of your life.

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