Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:17-18
To envy sinners is not to be fearing the Lord properly. Other passages that warn against envying sinners : Psalm 37:l; Proverbs 3:31; 24:1,19. Yet people at times do envy sinners (Psalm 73:3-7). If one truly fears God, he will have no temptation to envy His enemies (sinners) upon whom God’s wrath will ultimately fall.
Yes, a godly person’s reward is coming, and how great it will be! Such hope will be fulfilled and not cut off: I Peter 1:3-5; Psalm 37:37. If the poor man of Luke 16 were tempted to envy the rich man, it would have been a mistake because he himself ended up so much better off (Luke 16:25).
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