Proverbs 3:31
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”Proverbs 3:31
What Does Proverbs 3:31 Mean?
Proverbs 3:31 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 3, verse 31 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 3:31 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 37:1“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”Proverbs 24:1“Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.”Ecclesiastes 5:8“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.”Galatians 5:21“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”Proverbs 23:17“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.”Proverbs 12:12“The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.”Proverbs 24:19“Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;”Psalms 37:7“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”Proverbs 1:15“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”Proverbs 2:12“To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”Psalms 73:3“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”Proverbs 16:29“A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.”Proverbs 22:22“Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”Psalms 73:6“Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.”Ezekiel 18:7“And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;”
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