Proverbs 24:1
What does Proverbs 24:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Be not thou envious of 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.
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