Proverbs 24:1
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Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:

neither

Proverbs 1:11-15 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. . . .

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Genesis 13:10-13 And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor. . . .

Genesis 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.

Psalm 26:9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

Context
Do not Envy
1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:2Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.…
Cross References
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Psalm 37:1
Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

Proverbs 1:15
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 3:31
For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:

Proverbs 24:19
Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

envy
תְּ֭קַנֵּא (tə·qan·nê)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

wicked
רָעָ֑ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

men
בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י (bə·’an·šê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

or desire
תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (tiṯ·’āw)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 183: To incline, desire

their company;
לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be


Additional Translations
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
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