Proverbs 3:31
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- KJV
- Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
- WEB
- Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
- ASV
- Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
- DARBY
- Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
- BLB
- Do not be envious of a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways.
- ÅB
- Misunn ikke en voldsmann, og velg ikke noen av alle hans veier!
- OTB
- Misunn ikke den voldelige, og velg ingen av hans veier.
- B1930
- Misunn ikke en voldsmann, og velg ikke nogen av alle hans veier!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 24:1
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Read in contextPsalms 37:1
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Read in contextProverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 24:19–20
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Read in contextProverbs 12:12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Read in contextProverbs 1:15–18
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Read in context