³¹ Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

¹ Don't be envious of evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

¹ > Don't fret because of evil-doers, Neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

⁸ If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

¹⁹ Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked:

²⁰ For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

¹⁷ Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

²² Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;

²³ For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.

²⁴ Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:

²⁵ Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.

¹² The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, But the root of the righteous flourishes.

¹² To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;

¹³ Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

¹⁵ Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

¹⁵ My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

¹⁷ For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

¹⁸ But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

⁷ Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off, But those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

³ For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.