Proverbs 3:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְאַל־תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּכָל־דְּרָכָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Not-təqannēʾ in-ʾîš ḥāmās and-not-tibḥar in-all-dərākāyw

Grammar Details

*təqannēʾ*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you envy
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*ḥāmās*: noun, masculine singular - violence
*tibḥar*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you choose
*dərākāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ways

Word Meanings

*təqannēʾ*: envy/be jealous of/zealous for
*ʾîš*: man/person/husband
*ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/cruelty
*tibḥar*: choose/select/elect
*dərākāyw*: ways/roads/journeys

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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{H8688)}, neither be thou envious{H8762)} against the workers{H8802)} 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{H8708)} for him: fret{H8691)} not thyself because of him who prospereth{H8688)} in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass{H8802)}. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake{H8798)} wrath: fret{H8691)} not thyself in any wise to do evil{H8687)}. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off{H8735)}: but those that wait{H8802)} upon the LORD, they shall inherit{H8799)} 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{H8765)} at the foolish{H8802)}, when I saw{H8799)} the prosperity of the wicked.

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