Proverbs 3:31

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Envy thou not the opessor, 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 alm 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 sead in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ivily 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 uightness, 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 opess 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.

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    29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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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
    78%

    1 A alm 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:

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

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    15 My 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.

    8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

    15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

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    5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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    21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

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    29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

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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 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

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    32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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