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Proverbs 24:1
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text addresses a reader within a wisdom collection, immediately contextualized by the warning that the wicked devise violence and speak trouble.
The words — תְּ֭קַנֵּא (Te.ka.ne') means "you be jealous/envy," and תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (tit.'av) means "you desire."
The thread — This warning against coveting the wicked appears in Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 23:17, and Psalms 37:7.
Why it lands — The text commands the reader to actively reject envy and association with the wicked, grounding the prohibition in their violent intentions and corrupt speech.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- James 4:5 Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
- Psalms 37:1 Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Galatians 5:19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Psalms 73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- 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,
- Psalms 26:9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,