Proverbs 24:1
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- KJV
- Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- WEB
- Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
- ASV
- Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
- DARBY
- Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
- BLB
- Do not be envious of men of evil, and do not desire to be with them,
- ÅB
- Vær ikke misunnelig på onde mennesker, og ha ikke lyst til å være med dem!
- OTB
- Misunn ikke onde mennesker, og ønsk ikke deres selskap;
- B1930
- Vær ikke misunnelig på onde mennesker, og ha ikke lyst til å være med dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Read in contextProverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 3:31
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Read in contextJames 4:5–6
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Read in contextPsalms 37:1
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Read in contextPsalms 73:3
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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