Proverbs 3:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:1 : 1 ¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 ¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 ¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 ¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 ¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 24 ¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 ¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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    1¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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    19¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • Ps 37:1
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    1¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

    25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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    32For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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    7¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

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  • Prov 4:14-15
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    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Prov 18:5
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  • Job 36:21
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    21Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

  • Exod 23:2-3
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    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

    3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

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  • Prov 24:15
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    15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Prov 27:4
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  • Job 10:3
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    3[Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 29:27
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  • Ps 62:10
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    6¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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    70%

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    10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  • Exod 20:17
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    17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.

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    6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

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