31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,


In Context

28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"- when you now have it with you.

29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

30 Do not accuse a man for no reason- when he has done you no harm.

31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,

32 for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.

33 The Lord 's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

Proverbs 3:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:31Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:31Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.