Proverbs 3:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Do not resentfully envy and be jealous of an unscrupulous, grasping man, and choose none of his ways. [Ps. 37:1; 73:3; Prov. 24:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

Common English Bible

Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:

Proverbs 3:31 Cross References

Psalm 37:1

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

Proverbs 24:1

Be not thou envious against evil men, Neither desire to be with them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they which practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.