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Proverbs chapter 23, verse 17 says, let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the

Lord all the day. Let not your heart envy sinners. We are all tempted to look at people who are

living in sin around us and to see even temporary satisfaction that comes with sin and to be

tempted by it. To say, oh, I would like that. Or to see somebody

maybe who's not walking in righteousness, but they seem to be prospering in the world,

and to say, well, I kind of want what they have. Let not your heart envy sinners. Don't envy at all.

We've been encouraged in that way in the proverbs,

but particularly those who are walking in unrighteousness,

who are walking in sin before God.

Instead, continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Don't focus on sinners around you and what seems to be advancing and good

and prospering for them. No, focus on God and His holiness. Focus on fearing him all day long. I love that

phrase at the end of verse 17 all the day, all day long. I love that phrase at the end of verse 17, all the day, all day long.

When you are tempted to envy people around you, sinners, the fruit in a sense of evil around

you, fight that temptation by focusing on the fear of the Lord all day long. God, to help us in this way, we pray.

Help us to grow in our fear of you today.

We've seen over and over again in the Proverbs

that this is the beginning of knowledge,

the beginning of wisdom.

We want to fear you rightly today.

And in the process, to have a right perspective on the people we see around us

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