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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• 1Of David.{HR}Fret not thyself because of the evildoers;{HR}Be not envious at the workers of iniquity.
 2For like grass they are speedily cut off,{HR}And like the greenness of the tender herb they do fade.
 3Trust in Jehovah and do good,{HR}Inhabit the land and feed upon truth. (Psa. 37:1‑3)
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Psa. 73:3,17• 3For I was envious at the arrogant (fools),{HR}Seeing the peace of wicked (men).
 17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God (El):{HR}I considered their end. (Psa. 73:3,17)

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Prov. 3:31• 31Envy not the man of violence,{HR}And choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)
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Prov. 24:1• 1Be not thou envious of evil men,{HR}Neither desire to be with them; (Prov. 24:1)
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Psa. 37:1‑3• 1Of David.{HR}Fret not thyself because of the evildoers;{HR}Be not envious at the workers of iniquity.
 2For like grass they are speedily cut off,{HR}And like the greenness of the tender herb they do fade.
 3Trust in Jehovah and do good,{HR}Inhabit the land and feed upon truth. (Psa. 37:1‑3)
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Psa. 73:3‑7• 3For I was envious at the arrogant (fools),{HR}Seeing the peace of wicked (men).
 4For [there are] no pangs in their death,{HR}And their strength [is] firm (fat).
 5In the hardships of men they [are] not,{HR}And with mankind are not smitten.
 6Therefore hath pride enchained them,{HR}A garment of violence covereth them.
 7Their eyes stand out with fatness,{HR}The imaginations of their heart overflow. (Psa. 73:3‑7)
be thou.
Prov. 15:16• 16Better [is] little with the fear of Jehovah{HR}Than great treasure and disquiet therewith. (Prov. 15:16)
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Prov. 28:14• 14{i}Happy is the man that feareth always;{HR}But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.{/i} (Prov. 28:14)
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Psa. 111:10• 10Fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom;{HR}Good understanding [belongs] to all doing them ;{HR}His praise standeth forever. (Psa. 111:10)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Praise ye Jah.{HR}Blessed [is] the man fearing Jehovah,{HR}In his commandments delighting greatly. (Psa. 112:1)
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Eccl. 5:7• 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words{HR}[Are] also vanities: but fear thou God. (Eccl. 5:7)
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Eccl. 12:13‑14• 13[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
 14For God shall bring every work into judgment,{HR}With every hidden thing,{HR}Whether [it be] good or whether [it be] evil. (Eccl. 12:13‑14)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (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 as Father ye call on Him that impartially judgeth according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourning 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Let not thy heart envy sinners;{HR}But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;