Proverbs 24:1

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Proverbs 24:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

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Proverbs 24:19

Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

Psalms 37:1

Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

Psalms 37:7

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Psalms 73:3

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Galatians 5:19

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Galatians 5:20

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

Galatians 5:21

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

James 4:5

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

James 4:6

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 1:12

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Proverbs 1:13

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Proverbs 1:14

Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

Proverbs 1:15

my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

Genesis 13:12

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 19:1

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Genesis 19:2

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 19:3

But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Genesis 19:5

They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

Genesis 19:6

Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

Genesis 19:7

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

Genesis 19:8

Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

Genesis 19:9

“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

Genesis 19:10

But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Genesis 19:11

And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

Psalms 26:9

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,