the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 24:1
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Don’t envy the evil
Don't you be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
Do not be envious of evil people, Nor desire to be with them;
Don't envy evil people or try to be friends with them.
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
Don't you be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
Do not be jealous of evil men,And do not desire to be with them;
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
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Don't be jealous of crooks or want to be their friends.Don't be envious of evil people, and don't desire to be with them.
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Don't be jealous of evil people. Have no desire to be around them.
BE not envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them,
Don't be envious of evil people, and don't try to make friends with them.
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
Do not envy evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Be not thou gelous ouer wicked me, & desyre not thou to be amonge them.
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them:
My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem.
Don't be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
Don't envy evil people or desire their company.
Do not be jealous of sinful men. Do not want to be with them.
Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them;
Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them;
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
Contextual Overview
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
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
Abraham and Sarah were old by this time, very old. Sarah was far past the age for having babies. Sarah laughed within herself, "An old woman like me? Get pregnant? With this old man of a husband?"
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born. Sarah said, God has blessed me with laughter and all who get the news will laugh with me!
Abraham was now an old man. God had blessed Abraham in every way.
King David grew old. The years had caught up with him. Even though they piled blankets on him, he couldn't keep warm. So his servants said to him, "We're going to get a young virgin for our master the king to be at his side and look after him; she'll get in bed with you and arouse our master the king." So they searched the country of Israel for the most ravishing girl they could find; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king. The girl was stunningly beautiful; she stayed at his side and looked after the king, but the king did not have sex with her.
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.
So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith—this is no new doctrine! And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law."
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
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 ××× ×©× ×¨×¢× "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
