John Gill Commentary Proverbs 24:1

"Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:" — Proverbs 24:1 (ASV)

Do not be envious against evil men. Or, "men of evil" {b}. 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: do not envy 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 poverty and want will follow them; as well as everlasting ruin and destruction will be their portion hereafter; (See Gill on Proverbs 23:17); and compare with this (Proverbs 24:21Proverbs 24:27Proverbs 24:29Proverbs 24:32);

neither desire to be with them; to be in their company; to have any conversation and fellowship with them, which is very infectious, dangerous, and pernicious; nor even to be in the same state, condition, and circumstances they are in; much less to do as they do, and imitate them in their sinful courses; as you would not choose to be with them in hell hereafter, do not desire to be with them here.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: (her yvnab) "viros mali", Baynus, Michaelis.