Proverbs 3:31
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31 (A)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;
Proverbs 24:1
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Do Not Envy Evil Men
24 Do not be (A)envious of evil men,
Nor desire to be with them;
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Gain and Honor
8 If you (A)see the oppression of the poor, and the violent [a]perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for (B)high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 wresting
Proverbs 23:17
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Psalm 37:1
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The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked
A Psalm of David.
37 Do(A) not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
Galatians 5:21
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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Proverbs 24:19-20
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19 (A)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the wicked;
20 For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbs 12:12
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12 The wicked covet the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Proverbs 2:12-15
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12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To (A)walk in the ways of darkness;
14 (B)Who rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15 (C)Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
Proverbs 1:15-18
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15 My son, (A)do not walk in the way with them,
(B)Keep your foot from their path;
16 (C)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in [a]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any [b]bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:17 futility
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing
Psalm 37:7-9
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7 Rest in the Lord, (A)and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who (B)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
8 (C)Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
(D)Do not fret—it only causes harm.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:9 destroyed
Proverbs 22:22-25
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22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 (B)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (C)furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
Psalm 73:3
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