31 Do not envy(A) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

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Saying 20

24 Do not envy(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;

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Riches Are Meaningless

If you see the poor oppressed(A) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

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Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

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Psalm 37[a]

Of David.

Do not fret because of those who are evil
    or be envious(A) of those who do wrong;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

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Saying 29

19 Do not fret(A) because of evildoers
    or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(B)

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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

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12 Wisdom will save(A) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(B)
14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(C)
15 whose paths are crooked(D)
    and who are devious in their ways.(E)

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15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(C)
    they are swift to shed blood.(D)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait(E) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(F)

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Be still(A) before the Lord
    and wait patiently(B) for him;
do not fret(C) when people succeed in their ways,(D)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.(E)

Refrain from anger(F) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret(G)—it leads only to evil.
For those who are evil will be destroyed,(H)
    but those who hope(I) in the Lord will inherit the land.(J)

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Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
    and will exact life for life.(D)

Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
    and get yourself ensnared.(E)

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For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

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