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
Thy heart shall not envy against those sinning: but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Proverbs 24:1
Thou shalt not envy against men of evil, thou shalt not desire to be with them.
Psalm 37:1
To David. Thou shalt not be angry at those doing evil, and thou shalt not envy those working iniquity.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish; I shall see the peace of the unjust
Galatians 5:21
Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The oppressor
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou shalt see the oppression of the poor one, and the spoiling of judgment and justice in a province, thou shalt not wonder at the inclination: for the high one above the high one is watching, and the high ones over them.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
My son, thou shalt not go in the way with them; withhold thy foot from their beaten paths:
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the evil way, from the man speaking deceit;
Proverbs 12:12
The unjust one desired the net of the evil: and the root of the just will give.
Proverbs 22:22
Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate.
General references
Proverbs 16:29
A man of violence will seduce his neighbor, and he caused him to go in a way not good.