Proverbs 3:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs. 8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin. 9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners: 20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. 17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; 13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; 14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; 15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge: 23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods. 24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man: 25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

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  • Prov 24:1
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    1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    29Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

    30Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

    18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Ps 37:1
    78%

    1<Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

    25For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

    8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

    15Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Job 36:21
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    21Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Exod 23:2-3
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    2Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Prov 16:29
    72%

    29A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

  • Job 10:3
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    3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 23:6
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    6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Ps 73:3
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    3Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

  • Prov 28:16
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    16The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Zech 7:10
    70%

    10Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Prov 1:10
    70%

    10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

  • Exod 20:17
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    17Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Deut 23:6
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    6Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Job 31:29
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    29If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • Prov 23:3
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    3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.