Proverbs 3:31
Envy not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
In Context
30Contend not with a man without cause, When he hath done thee no harm.
32For the perverse man is the abomination of the LORD, But he is in friendship with the upright.
Cross References
Psalms 37:1“A psalm of David.” Be not thou angry on account of the wicked, Nor be envious of those who do iniquity.
Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the proud, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 2:12It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor man, because he is poor, Nor crush thou the destitute at the gate;
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious of wicked men, And desire not to be with them!
Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest oppression of the poor, and justice and equity perverted in a province, be not alarmed at the matter. For over the high there is a higher, who watcheth, and there is one higher than they all.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →