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Proverbs 24:19

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Proverbs 24:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
Proverbs 24:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Proverbs 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change:
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“(Psa 37:1, Psa 37:38; Psa 18:28).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“24:19-20 Saying 29: Don’t envy the apparent prosperity of the wicked (see 24:1-2), because their success is fleeting. • snuffed out: Cp. 13:9; 20:20.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Fret: or, Keep not company with the wicked. Pro 13:20; Num 16:26; Psa 1:1, Psa 26:4, Psa 26:5, Psa 119:115; Co2 6:17; Eph 5:11; Ti2 3:2-5; Rev 18:4 neither: Pro 24:1, Pro 23:17; Psa 37:1, Psa 73:3 Proverbs 24:20”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Warning against envying the godless for their external prosperity: 19 Be not enraged on account of evil-doers, Envy not the godless; 20 For the wicked men shall have no future, The light of the godless is extinguished. Ver. 19 is a variation of Psa 37:1; cf. also Pro 3:21 (where with בכל־דרכיו following the traditional תבחר is more appropriate than תתחר, which Hupfeld would here insert). תּתחר is fut. apoc. of התחרה, to be heated (to be indignant), distinguished from the Tiphel תּחרה, to be jealous. The ground and occasion of being enraged, and on the other side, of jealousy or envy, is the prosperity of the godless, Psa 73:3; cf. Jer 12:1. This anger at the apparently unrighteous division…”
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