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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Letd not thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
envy
qana' (Hebrew #7065)
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV usage: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), X very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
sinners
chatta' (Hebrew #2400)
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV usage: offender, sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: khat-taw'
Origin: intensively from 2398
: but be thou in the fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
all the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Psa. 37:1‑3• 1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
 2for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
 3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness; (Psa. 37:1‑3)
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Psa. 73:3,17• 3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
 17Until I went into the sanctuaries of *God; then understood I their end. (Psa. 73:3,17)

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Prov. 3:31• 31Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)
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Prov. 24:1• 1Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them; (Prov. 24:1)
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Psa. 37:1‑3• 1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
 2for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
 3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness; (Psa. 37:1‑3)
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Psa. 73:3‑7• 3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
 4For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
 5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:
 6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
 7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: (Psa. 73:3‑7)
be thou.
Prov. 15:16• 16Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith. (Prov. 15:16)
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Prov. 28:14• 14Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil. (Prov. 28:14)
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Psa. 111:10• 10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)
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Eccl. 5:7• 7For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God. (Eccl. 5:7)
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Eccl. 12:13‑14• 13Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.
 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. (Eccl. 12:13‑14)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:31)
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2 Cor. 7:1• 1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (2 Cor. 7:1)
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1 Peter 1:17• 17And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear, (1 Peter 1:17)
• To envy those who seem to prosper in wickedness is not wise, for their day of retribution is coming. However righteousness may suffer in the present age, it will be proven at last that they had the better part who daily lived in the fear of the Lord. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fearc of Jehovah all the day;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "but [let it covet] the fear."