Proverbs 3:31

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:1
    81%

    1Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    29Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Prov 24:17-19
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    78%

    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

    18Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

    19Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

  • Ps 37:1
    78%

    1Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.

  • Prov 22:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.

    25Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32For the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but His confidential counsel is with the upright.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    73%

    7Be 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.

    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

  • Job 36:21
    72%

    21Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for you have preferred this to affliction.

  • Lam 3:36
    72%

    36to subvert a person in their cause—the Lord does not approve.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Prov 16:29
    72%

    29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 27:4
    71%

    4Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?

  • Job 10:3
    71%

    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • Ps 10:3
    71%

    3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Ps 62:10
    71%

    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 23:6
    71%

    6Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

  • Ps 73:3
    71%

    3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Prov 28:16
    70%

    16A ruler lacking understanding is abundant in extortions, but one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Zech 7:10
    70%

    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • 1 Pet 3:11
    70%

    11He must turn away from evil and do what is good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 1:10
    70%

    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Prov 24:29
    70%

    29Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

  • Prov 4:27
    70%

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.

  • Exod 20:17
    70%

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Deut 23:6
    70%

    6But the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam and turned his curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.

  • Ps 125:3
    70%

    3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Prov 14:31
    70%

    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.