Verse 31

Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

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  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes. 8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil. 9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked. 20 For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird, 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely, 13 from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness. 15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate. 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them. 24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered. 25 Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.