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Proverbs 24:19
Proverbs 24:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
World English Bible
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
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Proverbs 24:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
19 Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Numbers 16:26And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Psalms 26:5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
Proverbs 24:1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.