Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 24:1
1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Proverbs 24:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
Context of Proverbs 24:1
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company; 2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble. 3By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:1 word by word
אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י רָעָ֑ה וְאַל־תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו לִהְי֥וֹת אִתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:1
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Genesis 13:10And 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 19:1Now 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 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A lesson given before, now combined with another. True followers after wisdom will admit neither envy of evil on the one hand, nor admiration or fellowship with it on the other.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Verses 1-2 Envy not sinners. And let not a desire ever come into thy mind, Oh that I could shake off restraints!Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Saying 19: See Proverbs 1:8–19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34Pr 24:1-34. 1-2. (Compare Pr 23:3, 17; Psa 37:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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