Proverbs 3:31
Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
In Context
30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.
32For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Cross References
Psalms 37:1Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 73:3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 24:1Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they.
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 →