Proverbs 3:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ Do not envy a cruel man, And choose none 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.

Proverbs 3:31 Cross References

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of evil-doers, Do not be envious of the workers of unrighteousness.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.

Proverbs 12:12

The wrong shall covet the catch of evil-doers, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be in the fear of יהוה  all day long;

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy evil men, Nor desire to be with them;

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like – of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practise such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.