Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways:
New American Standard Bible
And do not choose any of his ways.
King James Version
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Holman Bible
or choose any of his ways;
International Standard Version
Do not envy a violent man, and do not emulate his lifestyle.
A Conservative Version
Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
American Standard Version
Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
Amplified
Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.
Bible in Basic English
Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
Darby Translation
Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.
King James 2000
Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways,
Modern King James verseion
Do not envy the cruel man, and choose none of his ways.
NET Bible
Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;
New Heart English Bible
Do not envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
Webster
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
World English Bible
Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
30 Strive not lightly with any man, wher as he hath done thee no harm. 31 Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways: 32 for the LORD abhorreth the froward, but his secret is among the righteous.
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Cross References
Psalm 37:1
{A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.
Psalm 37:7-9
Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at one that hath prosperity, and liveth in abomination.
Psalm 73:3
And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Proverbs 1:15-18
My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.
Proverbs 2:12-15
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 22:22-25
See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;
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 24:19-20
Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.
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.
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.