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Proverbs 3:31
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 3:31 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 3:31 in other translations
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Do not envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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In context
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
31 Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
33 The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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