Proverbs 3:31-32

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)

Proverbs 3:31-32

New Living Translation

³¹Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
³²Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly.

⁷The violence of the wicked will drag them away,^(A)
for they refuse to do what is right.

⁷The violence of the wicked sweeps them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.

²⁹The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.^(A)

²⁹The wicked bluff their way through,
but the virtuous think before they act.

New International Version (NIV)