Proverbs 24:1

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

Context

v.1This passage

v.2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

  • Proverbs 1:11

    If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Proverbs 23:17

    Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

  • Galatians 5:19

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

  • Proverbs 3:31

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