Proverbs 3:31

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Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes! 8 Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble! 9 Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people, 20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path; 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain 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 to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, 13 who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, 14 who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; 15 whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them. 24 Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person, 25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

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  • Prov 24:1
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    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

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  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

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  • Ps 37:1
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    1By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

    8Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Job 36:21
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    21Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

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    36to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!

  • Exod 23:2-3
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    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

    3and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

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    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Ps 10:3
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    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

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    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

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    6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

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    3For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

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    16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

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    10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’

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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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    29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

  • Prov 5:9
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    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

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  • Deut 23:6
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    6You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Job 31:29
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    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

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    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.