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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 24:1 Catholic Bible: Don't be envious of evil people, and don't try to make friends with them. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/proverbs/24-1.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/proverbs/24-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/24.htm">Chapter 24</a> > Verse 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/23-35.htm" title="Proverbs 23:35">◄</a> Proverbs 24:1 <a href="../proverbs/24-2.htm" title="Proverbs 24:2">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/proverbs/24.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/proverbs/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Don't be envious of evil people, and don't try to make friends with them. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them;<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/proverbs/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't be jealous of crooks or want to be their friends. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them; <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:</p><p class="hdg">neither</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11-15</a> Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/13-20.htm">Proverbs 13:20</a> He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10-13</a> 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. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/26-9.htm">Psalm 26:9</a> Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/24.htm">Do not Envy</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl">Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:</span><span class="reftext">2</span>Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/37-1.htm">Psalm 37:1</a></span><br />Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/1-15.htm">Proverbs 1:15</a></span><br />For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/3-31.htm">Proverbs 3:31</a></span><br />For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/23-17.htm">Proverbs 23:17</a></span><br />Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/24-19.htm">Proverbs 24:19</a></span><br />Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/22-24.htm">Company</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-6.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-17.htm">Envious</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-17.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-5.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm">Company</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm">Envious</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: be company desire Do envious envy evil men Nor not of their them to wicked with<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-1.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 24:1 Don't be envious of evil men (Prov. 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