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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Envy
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
thou not ψthe oppressor
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, and choose
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
none of his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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a man of violence.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Envy.
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. 24:1,19‑20• 1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
 19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
 20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 24:1,19‑20)
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Psa. 37:1,7‑9• 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.
 8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
 9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. (Psa. 37:1,7‑9)
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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. 5:21• 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. 5:21)
the oppressor.
Heb. a man of violence.
Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
choose.
Prov. 1:15‑18• 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. (Prov. 1:15‑18)
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Prov. 2:12‑15• 12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
 13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
 14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
 15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: (Prov. 2:12‑15)
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Prov. 12:12• 12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. (Prov. 12:12)
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Prov. 22:22‑25• 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
 23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
 24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
 25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. (Prov. 22:22‑25)
• Seeking to satisfy their souls with the evanescent things of earth, they remain in ignorance of the counsels of Jehovah, which are known only to the righteous. Their end will be anything but enviable, for the curse of the Lord is in their houses, and He scorns their haughty pretensions. (“Proverbs Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.