Proverbs 3:31
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Read in contextPsalms 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Read in contextProverbs 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Read in contextProverbs 24:19–20
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Read in contextProverbs 12:12
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Read in contextProverbs 1:15–18
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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