Proverbs 24:19
Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 1:1God is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who ◄ridicule/sneer at► God.
Psalms 37:1Do not be bothered/upset by what wicked people do. Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong/evil have,
Psalms 119:115You evil people, stay away from me in order than I may obey ◄my God’s commands/what my God has commanded►!
Proverbs 23:17Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
2 Corinthians 6:17In another place in the Scriptures we read that the Lord said: Get away from those who do evil things; keep yourselves separated from them. Do nothing sinful that would make you unacceptable to me. Then I will welcome you as members of my family.
2 Timothy 3:2This is because such evil people will be habitually loving themselves and loving money. They will habitually boast about themselves, they will be proud, and will often say bad things about others. They will disobey their parents. They will not be thankful, nor will they respect anything that is good.
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 →