Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
The oppressor
General references
Bible References
Envy
Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Psalm 37:1
{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
Galatians 5:21
envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
The oppressor
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
General references
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.