THEOSISProverbs 3:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.
אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְאַל־תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּכָל־דְּרָכָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 24:1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
- Prov 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
- Eccl 5:8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
- Ps 37 (36):1
- Gal 5:21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
- Prov 24:19Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.
- Prov 24:20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Prov 12:12He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.