31 (A)Do not envy (B)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

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24 Be not (A)envious of evil men,
    nor desire to be (B)with them,

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The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

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

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17 Let not your heart (A)envy sinners,
    but continue in (B)the fear of the Lord all the day.

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He Will Not Forsake His Saints

[a] Of David.

37 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not (B)envious of wrongdoers!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (A)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  2. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

19 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
    and be not (B)envious of the wicked,
20 for the evil man has no (C)future;
    (D)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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12 Whoever is wicked covets (A)the spoil of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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12 delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to (A)walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who (B)rejoice in doing evil
    and (C)delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 men whose (D)paths are crooked,
    (E)and who are (F)devious in their ways.

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15 my son, (A)do not walk in the way with them;
    (B)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (C)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (D)For in vain is a net spread
    in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men (E)lie in wait for their own blood;
    they (F)set an ambush for their own lives.

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(A)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    (B)fret not yourself over the one who (C)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

(D)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    (E)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
(F)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall (G)inherit the land.

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22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
    or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
    and rob of life those who rob them.
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
    nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.

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(A)For I was (B)envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the (C)prosperity of the wicked.

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