The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand.
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Proverbs 23:17-18
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:17-18
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-35EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-18Discipline in Divine wisdom I. THE TEMPER OF DOCILITY. (Proverbs 23:12.) It is submission of the affections to a higher law. It is the resignation of the will to a higher leading. It is the opening of the understanding…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 23:17-18Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: "Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners, when thou seest them apparently happy and prosperous (comp. Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 24:1, Proverbs 24:19; Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3). The Authorized Version, in agreement with the Septua…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:18For surely there is an end. Some take the hemistich conditionally, rendering אִם "when," or "if the end comes;" but cue sees no object in the thought being expressed conditionally; and it is best. with the Authorized Ve…Joseph S. Exell and contributors