John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious against evil men ,.... Or, "men of evil" F2 באנשי רעה "viros mali", Baynus, Michaelis. . Such who are addicted to evil, and given up to it, whose principles and practices are bad; such as are before described in the preceding chapter; gluttons and drunkards, men given to women and wine: envy not their present prosperity, or seeming pleasure they have in the gratification of their sensual appetites; since woe and sorrow, wounds and strife, now attend them, and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:1-2
Here, 1. The caution given is much the same with that which we had before (Prov. 23:17), not to envy sinners, not to think them happy, nor to wish ourselves in their condition, though they prosper ever so much in this world, and are ever so marry and ever so secure. ?Let not such a thought ever come into thy mind, O that I could shake off the restraints of religion and conscience, and take as great a liberty to indulge the sensual appetite, as I see such and such do! No; desire not to be with... read more