Bible verse
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 3:31 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 3.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, 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 the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
KJV
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
ASV
Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
ERV
Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
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