Proverbs 24:19

Strive thou not with the worst men, neither follow thou wicked men. (Argue thou not with the wicked, nor follow thou the wicked.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

In Context

18lest peradventure the Lord see, and it displease him, and he take away his ire from him.

20For why evil men have not hope of things to come, and the lantern of wicked men shall be quenched. (For evil people have no hope in things to come, and the lantern of the wicked shall be quenched.)

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Cross References

Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man, that goeth not in the counsel of wicked men; and stood not in the way of sinners, and sat not in the chair of pestilence. (Happy is the person, who goeth not in the counsel of the wicked; and walketh not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the chair of pestilence.)

Psalms 37:1To David. [The psalm of David.] Do not thou follow wicked men; neither love thou men doing wickedness. ( A song by David. Do not thou follow the wicked; nor love thou those who do wickedly.)

Psalms 119:115Ye wicked men, bow away from me; and I shall seek the commandments of my God. (All ye wicked people, go away from me; so that I can obey my God’s commandments.)

Proverbs 23:17(Let) Thine heart follow not sinners; but be thou in the dread of the Lord all day (or but be thou in the fear of the Lord or with reverence for the Lord all day long).

2 Corinthians 6:17For which thing go ye out of the middle of them, and be ye separated (or be set apart), saith the Lord, and touch not (any) unclean thing; and I shall receive you,

2 Timothy 3:2and men shall be loving themselves, covetous, high of bearing, proud, blasphemers, not obedient to (their) father and mother, unkind, cursed,

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 →

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