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
Do not let your heart envy sinners; but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day long.
Proverbs 24:1
Do not be jealous of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Psalm 37:1
A Psalm of David. Do not fret yourself with evil doers; and do not be envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 73:3
For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.
Galatians 5:21
envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The oppressor
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,
Proverbs 2:12
to deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks wicked things;
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires the net of evils; but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;
General references
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man lures his neighbor and makes him go in a way not good.