Proverbs 3:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

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  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked. 20 For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse 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 perversity of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, 25 Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:1
    81%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Prov 3:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

  • Prov 24:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

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

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:1
    78%

    1Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

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

  • Prov 22:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,

    25Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

  • Ps 37:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

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

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

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

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Job 36:21
    72%

    21Take heed, do not regard iniquity: for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

  • Lam 3:36
    72%

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

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Prov 16:29
    72%

    29A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 27:4
    71%

    4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy?

  • Job 10:3
    71%

    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Ps 10:3
    71%

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 62:10
    71%

    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 23:6
    71%

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Ps 73:3
    71%

    3For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Prov 28:16
    70%

    16The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Zech 7:10
    70%

    10And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
    70%

    11Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so 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 pay the man back for his work.

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:

  • Prov 4:27
    70%

    27Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

  • Exod 20:17
    70%

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Deut 23:6
    70%

    6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

  • Ps 125:3
    70%

    3For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;

  • Prov 14:31
    70%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

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

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.