Proverbs 24:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;”
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BSBPD
“Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 24:1 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
- Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 4:15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
- Proverbs 24:19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
- Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
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