Proverbs 24:19
Don't get all upset over the wicked, or be jealous of those who do wrong,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
In Context
20for evil people have no future—the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.
Psalms 37:1Don't be upset over wicked people, or be jealous of those who do wrong.
Psalms 119:115Leave me alone, you evil people, and let me keep the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 23:17Don't think enviously of sinners, but always remember to honor the Lord,
2 Corinthians 6:17“So leave them, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch anything that is unclean, and I will accept you.”
2 Timothy 3:2People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives.
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 →