Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
New American Standard Bible
Nor desire to
King James Version
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Holman Bible
or desire to be with them,
International Standard Version
Don't be envious of wicked men or wish you were with them,
A Conservative Version
Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Amplified
Nor desire to be with them;
Bible in Basic English
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
Darby Translation
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not envy against men of evil, thou shalt not desire to be with them.
King James 2000
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
Modern King James verseion
Do not be jealous of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.
NET Bible
Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
New Heart English Bible
Do not be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
The Emphasized Bible
Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Webster
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
World English Bible
Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
Themes
Company » Who not to have company with
Destruction » Who studies destruction
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
1 Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: 2 For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
Genesis 19:1-11
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
Psalm 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
Psalm 37:7
Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Proverbs 1:11-15
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 13:20
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these : fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 4:5-6
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?