Proverbs 24:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:1 : 1 By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
  • Prov 24:19 : 19 Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
  • Prov 1:11-15 : 11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause, 12 We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down `to' the pit, 13 Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses `with' spoil, 14 Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.' 15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
  • Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it `is' all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar, 11 and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion; 12 Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom; 13 and the men of Sodom `are' evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.
  • Gen 19:1-9 : 1 And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth, 2 and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.' 3 And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat. 4 Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity; 5 and they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where `are' the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.' 6 And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him, 7 and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil; 8 lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as `is' good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.' 9 And they say, `Come nigh hither;' they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than `to' them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door. 10 And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door; 11 and the men who `are' at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
  • Ps 26:9 : 9 Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, 21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,' 6 and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:17-21
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    17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

    20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

    21Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

  • Prov 3:29-31
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    29Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

    30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

    31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    77%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 22:24-26
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    24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Prov 23:6
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    6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

    29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

  • Job 36:20
    73%

    20Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

  • Ps 141:4
    73%

    4Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    73%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

  • Ps 73:3
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    3The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

  • Prov 1:10
    72%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Gal 5:26
    72%

    26let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!

  • Eph 5:7
    72%

    7become not, then, partakers with them,

  • Prov 23:3
    72%

    3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Deut 23:6
    72%

    6thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.

  • Job 34:8
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    8And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

  • Ps 5:4
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    4For not a God desiring wickedness `art' Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

  • Ps 37:8
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    8Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

  • Ps 26:9
    71%

    9Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

  • Prov 21:10
    71%

    10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

  • Ps 1:1
    71%

    1O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

  • Prov 27:4
    71%

    4Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

  • Prov 6:25
    71%

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

  • Rom 12:21
    70%

    21Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Jas 3:14
    70%

    14and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

  • Prov 3:25
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    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.