Proverbs 3:31
Follow thou not an unjust man (or Do not thou follow a law-breaker), follow thou not his ways.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
In Context
Cross References
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 73:3For I loved fervently on wicked men; seeing the peace of sinners. (For I envied the wicked; when I saw the prosperity of the sinners.)
Proverbs 2:12(so) that thou be delivered from an evil way, and from a man that speaketh wayward things (or and from the person who speaketh wicked things).
Proverbs 22:22Do thou not violence to a poor man, for he is poor; neither defoul thou a needy man in the gate. (Do not thou do violence to a poor person, because he is poor; and do not take advantage of a needy person in court or at the city gates.)
Proverbs 24:1Follow thou not evil men (or Do not thou follow evil people), desire thou not to be with them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest false challenges of needy men, and violent dooms, (or If thou seest the poor oppressed, and grave injustice), and that rightfulness is destroyed in the province, wonder thou not on this doing; for another is higher than an high man, and also other men be more high above these men;
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 →