Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
In context
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you. 29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. 30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm. 31 Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. 32 For the Lord detests the perverse 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. 34 He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 3:31 in the KJV
Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 3:31 in the ESV
Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,