If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Summary

Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Envy

Galatians 5:21

The oppressor

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Choose

General references

Proverbs 16:29

Bible References

Envy

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.

Don’t envy evil men
or desire to be with them,

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

envy,

drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The oppressor

Choose

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

The wicked desire what evil men have,
but the root of the righteous produces fruit.

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

General references

A violent man lures his neighbor,
leading him in a way that is not good.