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Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

KJV

Ne æmuleris hominem injustum, nec imiteris vias ejus :

Vulgate

μὴ κτήσῃ κακῶν ἀνδρῶν ὀνείδη, μηδὲ ζηλώσῃς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν.

LXX

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

ASV

אַל תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּ/אִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְ/אַל תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּ/כָל דְּרָכָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
יְקַנְא֣וּ
yqn'v
verb · 33×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×

Historic Christian voices

3 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,
  • Eccl 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher
  • Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
  • Prov 2:12 — To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
  • Prov 12:12 — The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
  • Prov 16:29 — A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
  • Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
  • 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.
  • Prov 24:19 — Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
  • 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 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  • Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.