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 be jealous to follow sinners; but keep thee still in the fear of the LORD all the day long:
Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.
Psalm 37:1
{A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
Psalm 73:3
And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Galatians 5:21
envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The oppressor
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the poor to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withal, so that equity and the right of the law is wrested in the land: marvel not thou at such judgment, for one great man keepeth touch with another, and the mighty help themselves together.
Choose
Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.
Proverbs 2:12
That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs 12:12
The desire of the ungodly hunteth after mischief; but the root of the righteous bringeth forth fruit.
Proverbs 22:22
See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;
General references
Proverbs 16:29
A wicked man beguileth his neighbour; and leadeth him the way that is not good.