Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways. "
— Proverbs 3:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”
“Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.”
“Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;”
“Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.”
“Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.”
“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”
Do not say to your friend: “Go away, and then return. Tomorrow I will give to you.” When you are able to do so, give in the present.
Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.
Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.
Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.
For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.
Destitution in the house of the impious is from the Lord. But the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.