Proverbs 3:31

WEB

³¹Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

KJV

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

BSB

³¹Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

FBV

³¹Don't be jealous of violent people—don't choose to follow their example!

Extra References

Proverbs 24:1

¹Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Psalms 37:1

¹Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

Proverbs 23:17

¹⁷Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.

Galatians 5:21

²¹envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

⁸If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

Proverbs 12:12

¹²The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Proverbs 24:19-20

¹⁹Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked; ²⁰for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

Proverbs 1:15-18

¹⁵my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path, ¹⁶for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. ¹⁷For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird; ¹⁸but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 2:12-15

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things, ¹³who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness, ¹⁴who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, ¹⁵who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

Psalms 37:7-9

⁷Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. ⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing. ⁹For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.