Proverbs 24:19 - The Message

Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. Those people have no future at all; they’re headed down a dead-end street.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Fret not thyself because of evil men, Neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Fret not because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked,

American Standard Version (1901)

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Common English Bible

Don’t get fighting mad at evil people; don’t be envious of the wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not contend with the most wicked, and do not be a rival to the impious.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:

Proverbs 24:19 Cross References