Parallel Verses
Webster
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.
American Standard Version
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither 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;
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
Topics
Interlinear
References
Fausets
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 destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 37:1
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest to Zoar.
Genesis 19:1-11
And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot seeing them, rose to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face towards the ground;
Psalm 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Psalm 37:7
Rest in the LORD, 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
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 4:5-6
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?