Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not 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;
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:
Themes
Company » Who not to have company with
Destruction » Who studies destruction
Topics
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
1 Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. 2 For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 37:1
By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
Proverbs 3:31
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
Psalm 73:3
The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
Genesis 19:1-11
And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,
Psalm 26:9
Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
Psalm 37:7
Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Proverbs 1:11-15
If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Proverbs 13:20
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
Galatians 5:19-21
And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 4:5-6
Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'