Proverbs 3:31

World English Bible (2000)

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
  • Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked: 20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
  • Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, 16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things; 13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; 15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
  • Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. 24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: 25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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    1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

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  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

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    19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Ps 37:1
    78%

    1 Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

    25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

    8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

    15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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    21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

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    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

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    2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

    3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

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    29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

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

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    3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

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    3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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    6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

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

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