Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Continued 'Words of the Wise' urging courage, diligence, and avoiding evil associates. Additional sayings warn against rejoicing at an enemy's fall, against envy of the wicked, and against partiality in judgment. The sluggard's overgrown field becomes a parable of what …
Other Translations
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
Cross References
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, …
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing …
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so …
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, …
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without …
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: