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Proverbs!
Don't let your heart envy sinners; 
instead, always fear the Lord.
Proverbs 23:17 CSB
This proverb is concerned about us, our hearts, the "leb", the inner person, who we really are. 
It tells me that I am prone to envy others, others who in some way in their choices and actions are opposed to God, and have something that seems desirable. 
Actually it is desirable. 
If I let my heart wander, there's a direction it will wander in, and this proverb reminds me that I don't have to let it. 
It reminds me to keep who God is, His story, His heart of redemption and restoration of His creation in mind and that changes things. When I do that it dials down my wandering hearts desire, and dials up heart for the things that are important to Him. 
We do not have to be slaves to the culture, to the people and things that do their very best to capture our hearts. 
In Matthew 22 Jesus gave a beautiful simple summary of what is a complex question that in different ways we all ask sometimes, that "what's it all about?" question. Jesus said to love God and to love people and that those two things are so intertwined that they're the same.
This proverb encourages us to do just that.
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