Do not envya manof violenceAnd do not chooseanyof his ways.
Do not fretbecause of evildoers,Be not envioustoward wrongdoers.
For I was enviousof the arrogant[As] I sawthe prosperityof the wicked.
The wickedman desiresthe bootyof evilmen,But the rootof the righteousyields[fruit].
Do not let your heartenvysinners,But [live] in the fearof the LORDalways.
Do not be enviousof evilmen,Nordesireto be with them;
Ifyou seeoppressionof the poorand denialof justiceand righteousnessin the province,do not be shockedat the sight;for one officialwatchesoveranother official,and there are higherofficialsoverthem.
envying,drunkenness,carousing,and things likethese,of whichI forewarnyou, justas I have forewarnedyou, that thosewho practicesuch thingswill not inheritthe kingdomof God.
