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Prov. 24:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Prov. 24:19• ¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; (Prov. 24:19)

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Prov. 23:17• ¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. (Prov. 23:17)

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Prov. 24:19• ¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; (Prov. 24:19)

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Prov. 3:31• ³¹Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)

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Prov. 23:17• ¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. (Prov. 23:17)

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Psa. 37:1,7• ¹<<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
⁷Rest 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. (Psa. 37:1,7)

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Psa. 73:3• ³For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw 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 these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
²¹Envyings, 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. (Gal. 5:19‑21)

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James 4:5‑6• ⁵Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
⁶But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. (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 privily for the innocent without cause:
¹²Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; 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; let us all have one purse:
¹⁵My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: (Prov. 1:11‑15)

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Prov. 13:20• ²⁰He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:20)

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Gen. 13:10‑13• ¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
¹¹Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
¹²Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
¹³But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. (Gen. 13:10‑13)

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Gen. 19:1‑11• ¹And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
²And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
³And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
⁴But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
⁵And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
⁶And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
⁷And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
⁸Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
⁹And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
¹⁰But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
¹¹And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. (Gen. 19:1‑11)

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Psa. 26:9• ⁹Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (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;