John Trapp on Proverbs 24:1

CHAP. XXIV. Verſ. 1. Be not thou envious againſt evil men.]

HEbr. Men of evil, ſuch as are ſet upon ſin, as are like Caracalla, qui nihil cogitabat boni, qui id non didicerat; quod ipſe fatebatur, ſaith Dio; who never thought of any good, &c. Envie not ſuch an one his pomp, any more than we doe a dead corps his flowers, and gayity. See chap. 23.17.

Neither deſire to be with them] That is, to be in their eſtate, ſo thou mighteſt be at their ſtay. This hath been the folly of ſome of Gods people, as David noteth, Pſal. 73.10. For the which they have afterwards befooled and be-beaſted themſelves, as he did, verſ. 22.