Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
KJV
Ne contendas cum pessimis, nec æmuleris impios :
Vulgate
μὴ χαῖρε ἐπὶ κακοποιοῖς, μηδὲ ζήλου ἁμαρτωλούς·
LXX
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
ASV
אַל תִּתְחַ֥ר בַּ/מְּרֵעִ֑ים אַל תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א בָּ/רְשָׁעִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
יְקַנְא֣וּ
yqn'v
verb · 33×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Num 16:26 — And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
- Prov 3:31 — Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
- Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Prov 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- Prov 24:1 — Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Prov 24:1 — Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Ps 26:4 — I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- Ps 37:1 — Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
- Ps 37:1 — Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 119:115 — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.