Proverbs 3:31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
31 Do not envy the violent
and choose none of their ways:(A)
Proverbs 3:31
New International Version
31 Do not envy(A) the violent
or choose any of their ways.
Proverbs 23:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 23:17
New International Version
Saying 15
17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
Psalm 37:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 37[a]
The Fate of Sinners and the Reward of the Just
1 Of David.
Aleph
Do not be provoked by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.(A)
Footnotes
- Psalm 37 The Psalm responds to the problem of evil, which the Old Testament often expresses as a question: why do the wicked prosper and the good suffer? The Psalm answers that the situation is only temporary. God will reverse things, rewarding the good and punishing the wicked here on earth. The perspective is concrete and earthbound: people’s very actions place them among the ranks of the good or wicked. Each group or “way” has its own inherent dynamism—eventual frustration for the wicked, eventual reward for the just. The Psalm is an acrostic, i.e., each section begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each section has its own imagery and logic.
Psalm 37:1
New International Version
Psalm 37[a]
Of David.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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