Proverbs 3:31

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Proverbs 3:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.

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

32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 23:17

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

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

Proverbs 24:19

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

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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 37:8

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

Psalms 37:9

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Psalms 73:3

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Proverbs 1:15

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

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17

How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

Proverbs 1:18

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

Proverbs 2:13

from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

Proverbs 2:15

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Proverbs 22:23

for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 22:25

or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.