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
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Proverbs 24:1
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
Psalm 37:1
Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.
Psalm 73:3
Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
The oppressor
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
Proverbs 2:12
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
Proverbs 12:12
The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
General references
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.