Proverbs 24:1

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

Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;

Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;

Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;

Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;

For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are - fornication, impurity, wantonness,

Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave?