No Reason For Envy

 

Proverb of the Week

Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, 

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. 

                                                                  - Proverbs 24:19-20 (ESV)

 

David’s words of Psalm 37 are echoed here in this proverb, from which we might surmise that he too was subject to the temptation to not only fear those who do wicked things but to look on their wealth or accomplishments or fame with envy. Why we should avoid seeking after such worldly things is answered right here in the proverb: the evil man has no enduring future.

But how to avoid such worry and envy is answered in Psalm 37 where we are told that we are to trust in the LORD, delight in the LORD, commit ourselves to the LORD, and to rest in the LORD.