New King James Version
Proverbs 24:1
1Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
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 Living Translation (NLT)Don’t envy evil people or desire their company.
Context of Proverbs 24:1
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking. 3Through 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:1
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
- Genesis 19:1Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
- Psalms 26:9Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
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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