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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 shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:20)
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Num. 16:26• 26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed 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 ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (Psa. 1:1)
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Psa. 26:4‑5• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. (Psa. 26:4‑5)
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Psa. 119:115• 115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:115)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:11• 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (Eph. 5:11)
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2 Tim. 3:2‑5• 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Tim. 3:2‑5)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)
neither.
Prov. 24:1• 1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. (Prov. 24:1)
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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• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. (Psa. 37:1)
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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)
• 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: