Proverbs 24:19
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
In Context
18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:18-19
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way, when any damage comes to them (suppose they fall), or any danger (suppose they stumble), our corrupt hearts are too apt to conceive a secret… Read the whole commentary →