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Proverbs 3:31–32

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31aEnvy thou not †the oppressor,

And choose none of his ways.

32For the bfroward is abomination to the Lord:

But chis secret is with the righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. aSee Ps. 37:1.
  2. †Heb. a man of violence. ch. 16:29 (Heb.). So Ps. 140:1 marg.
  3. bSee ch. 2:15.
  4. cSee Job 29:4.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not envy a man of violence

and do not choose any of his ways,

for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,

but the upright are in his confidence.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not envy the violent

or choose any of their ways.

For the Lord detests the perverse

but takes the upright into his confidence.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t envy a violent man

or choose any of his ways;

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,

but he is a friend to the upright.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t envy violent people

or copy their ways.

Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,

but he offers his friendship to the godly.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not envy a man of violence,

and do not choose any of his ways,

for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh,

but those who are upright are his confidence.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press