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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not thou envious
qana' (Hebrew #7065)
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV usage: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), X very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
a against evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
, neither desire
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
to be with them.
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Prov. 24:19• 19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked: (Prov. 24:19)
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Prov. 23:17• 17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day; (Prov. 23:17)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:19• 19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked: (Prov. 24:19)
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Prov. 3:31• 31Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)
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Prov. 23:17• 17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day; (Prov. 23:17)
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Psa. 37:1,7• 1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
 7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass. (Psa. 37:1,7)
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Psa. 73:3• 3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. (Psa. 73:3)
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Gal. 5:19‑21• 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:19‑21)
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James 4:5‑6• 5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
 6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly. (James 4:5‑6)
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Prov. 1:11‑15• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
 12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
 13we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
 14cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
 15--my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path; (Prov. 1:11‑15)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
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Gen. 13:10‑13• 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
 11And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
 12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.
 13And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah. (Gen. 13:10‑13)
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Gen. 19:1‑11• 1And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,
 2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.
 3And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate.
 4Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest--all the people from every quarter.
 5And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.
 6And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,
 7and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!
 8Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.
 9And they said, Back there! And they said again, This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man--on Lot; and drew near to break the door.
 10And the men stretched out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
 11And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance. (Gen. 19:1‑11)
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Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
• The first one is a warning against falling into the snare that so distracted the godly Asaph, until he went into the sanctuary of the Lord (Psalm 73). (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;