Proverbs 3:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ Do not envy the violent, and do not choose any of their ways,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ 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)

³¹ Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

Common English Bible

³¹ Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:

Proverbs 3:31 Cross References

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers,

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them,

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.