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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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θFret
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
not thyself because of evil
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
men, neither be 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
at the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
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or, Keep not company with the wicked.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Fret.or, Keep not company with the wicked.
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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Num. 16:26• 26And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins. (Num. 16:26)
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Psa. 1:1• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners; (Psa. 1:1)
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Psa. 26:4‑5• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
 5I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked. (Psa. 26:4‑5)
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Psa. 119:115• 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:115)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:11• 11and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them, (Eph. 5:11)
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2 Tim. 3:2‑5• 2for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
 3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
 4traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
 5having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:2‑5)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues: (Rev. 18:4)
neither.
Prov. 24:1• 1Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them; (Prov. 24:1)
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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• 1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness; (Psa. 37:1)
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Psa. 73:3• 3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. (Psa. 73:3)
• They have no power or might, unless it be for a brief space delegated by the God of the righteous: and as for their wealth and prosperity, it is only for a moment, and will soon vanish away forever, leaving them poorer than the poorest. (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked: