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King James Version

Proverbs 24:1

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Company;   Envy;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Associations;   Envy;   Evil;   The Topic Concordance - Company;   Desire;   Destruction;   Envy;   Mischief;   Speech/communication;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Envy;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Envy;   Meditation;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t envy the evil
Hebrew Names Version
Don't you be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
English Standard Version
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
New American Standard Bible
Do not be envious of evil people, Nor desire to be with them;
New Century Version
Don't envy evil people or try to be friends with them.
Amplified Bible
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
World English Bible
Don't you be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not be jealous of evil men,And do not desire to be with them;
Berean Standard Bible
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Contemporary English Version

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Don't be jealous of crooks or want to be their friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don't be envious of evil people, and don't desire to be with them.
Darby Translation
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't be jealous of evil people. Have no desire to be around them.
George Lamsa Translation
BE not envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them,
Good News Translation
Don't be envious of evil people, and don't try to make friends with them.
Lexham English Bible
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
Literal Translation
Do not envy evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be not thou gelous ouer wicked me, & desyre not thou to be amonge them.
American Standard Version
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Bible in Basic English
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.
King James Version (1611)
Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
English Revised Version
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem.
Update Bible Version
Don't be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Webster's Bible Translation
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
New English Translation
Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
New King James Version
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
New Living Translation
Don't envy evil people or desire their company.
New Life Bible
Do not be jealous of sinful men. Do not want to be with them.
New Revised Standard
Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
Revised Standard Version
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them;
Young's Literal Translation
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
THE MESSAGE
19 Don't envy bad people; don't even want to be around them. All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;

Contextual Overview

1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

not: Proverbs 24:19, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 23:17, Psalms 37:1, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 73:3, Galatians 5:19-21, James 4:5, James 4:6

neither: Proverbs 1:11-15, Proverbs 13:20, Genesis 13:10-13, Genesis 19:1-11, Psalms 26:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 10:5 - thy judgments 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the Lord , the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 24:35
And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be not thou envious against evil men,.... Or, "men of evil" b. Such who are addicted to evil, and given up to it, whose principles and practices are bad; such as are before described in the preceding chapter; gluttons and drunkards, men given to women and wine: envy not their present prosperity, or seeming pleasure they have in the gratification of their sensual appetites; since woe and sorrow, wounds and strife, now attend them, and poverty and want will follow them; as well as everlasting ruin and destruction will be their portion hereafter; :-; and compare with this

Proverbs 24:21;

neither desire to be with them; to be in their company; to have any conversation and fellowship with them, which is very infectious, dangerous, and pernicious; nor even to be in the same state, condition, and circumstances they are in; much less to do as they do, and imitate them in their sinful courses; as you would not choose to be with them in hell hereafter, do not desire to be with them here.

b באנשי רעה "viros mali", Baynus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lesson given before, now combined with another. True followers after wisdom will admit neither envy of evil on the one hand, nor admiration or fellowship with it on the other.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIV

Do not be envious. Of the house wisely built. Counsel necessary

in war. Save life when thou canst. Of honey and the honey-comb.

Of the just that falleth seven times. We should not rejoice at

the misfortune of others. Ruin of the wicked. Fear God and the

king. Prepare thy work. The field of the sluggard, and the

vineyard of the foolish, described.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIV


 
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