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 thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Psalm 37:1
{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Galatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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 he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, 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 the way that is not good.