Proverbs 24:1

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

Don’t envy the evil or desire to be with them, 2for their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble. 3A house is built by wisdom, and it is established by understanding;

Proverbs 24:1 word by word

אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י רָעָ֑ה וְאַל־תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו לִהְי֥וֹת אִתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be not thou enviousקָנָאqânâ' · be jealousH7065
• against evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• neither desireאָוָה'âvâh · to desireH183

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:1

• Proverbs 1:11If they say — “Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!
• Proverbs 13:20The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
• Genesis 13:10Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 19:1The two angels entered Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in Sodom’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He bowed with his face to the ground
• Psalms 26:9Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along 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

Topics related to Proverbs 24:1

• Company
• Envy
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Faint
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• Face
• Proverbs, the Book of

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