Proverbs 3:31-33

The Voice

³¹Do not envy someone who profits at the expense of others
    or copy any of his tyrannical ways,
³²For crooked people are detestable to the Eternal,
    but those with integrity receive His counsel.
³³His curse lingers over the wicked and their families,
    but He forever favors residence of those who do what is right.

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Proverbs 3:31-33

New International Version

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

³²For the Lord detests the perverse^(B)
but takes the upright into his confidence.^(C)
³³The Lord’s curse^(D) is on the house of the wicked,^(E)
but he blesses the home of the righteous.^(F)

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Proverbs 3:31-33

New King James Version

³¹^(A)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;
³²For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
^(B)But His secret counsel is with the upright.
³³^(C)The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But ^(D)He blesses the home of the just.