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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-doers,{HR}Be not envious of the wicked; (Prov. 24:19)

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Prov. 23:17• ¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners;{HR}But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day; (Prov. 23:17)

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Prov. 24:19• ¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil-doers,{HR}Be not envious of the wicked; (Prov. 24:19)

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Prov. 3:31• ³¹Envy not the man of violence,{HR}And choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)

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Prov. 23:17• ¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners;{HR}But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day; (Prov. 23:17)

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Psa. 37:1,7• ¹Of David.{HR}Fret not thyself because of the evildoers;{HR}Be not envious at the workers of iniquity.
⁷Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him;{HR}Fret not thyself because of him who maketh his way to prosper,{HR}Because of the man who doeth wicked devices. (Psa. 37:1,7)

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Psa. 73:3• ³For I was envious at the arrogant (fools),{HR}Seeing the peace of wicked (men). (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, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties,
²¹envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:19‑21)

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James 4:5‑6• ⁵Or think ye that the scripture saith in vain? Doth the Spirit that took his dwelling in us long unto envy?
⁶But he giveth more grace; wherefore he saith, God setteth himself against haughty [men], but giveth grace to 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,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
¹²Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,{HR}And whole as those that go down into the pit.
¹³We shall find all precious substance,{HR}We shall fill our houses with spoil:
¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us;{HR}We will have all one purse.
¹⁵My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}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;{HR}But a companion of the foolish will 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 thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha; 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 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 your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
³And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned into him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
⁴Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, 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 tonight? 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, 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.
¹⁰And 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,{HR}And 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;

W. Kelly Translation

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Be not thou envious ofa evil men,{HR}Neither desire to be with them;

WK Translation Notes

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Or, against.