Proverbs 3:31 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³¹ Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his 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

Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!

Psalm 73:3

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

Proverbs 12:12

The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin, but the root of the righteous stands firm.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Proverbs 24:1

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them;

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, 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 the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.