Saying 20
Proverbs 24:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- KJV
- Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- WEB
- Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
- ASV
- Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
- LSV
- Do not be envious of evil men, || And do not desire to be with them.
- YLT
- Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
- DBY
- Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
- DRC
- Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
- GNV
- Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
- JPS
- Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- LXXE
- My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads תִּ֝תְאָ֗ו; read aloud (Qere) reads תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (“you desire”).
- Written (Ketiv): תִּתְאָו. Read aloud (Qere): תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (“you desire”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י רָעָ֑ה וְאַל־תתאו לִהְי֥וֹת אִתָּֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו
- LXX-Br
- Υἱέ, μὴ ζηλώσῃς κακοὺς ἄνδρας, μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃς εἶναι μετʼ αὐτῶν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- James 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I…
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Proverbs 1:11–15If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
- Proverbs 24:19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
- Genesis 19:1–11Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown, and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of…
- Genesis 13:10–13And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot…
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