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Proverbs 3:31
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Proverbs 3:31 · Young's Literal Translation
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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;
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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In context
28 Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
29 Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
32 For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
33 The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
34 If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
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