Don’t envy evil people or desire their company.

你不要嫉妒恶人，也不要起意与他们相处；

你不要嫉妒恶人，也不要渴望与他们相处，

你不要嫉妒恶人，也不要渴望与他们相处，

不要羡慕恶人，不要向往与他们为友；

你不要嫉妒恶人，也不要祈望与他们共处。

你不要嫉妒恶人，也不要渴望与他们在一起；

你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要起意與他們相處；

你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要渴望與他們相處，

你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要渴望與他們相處，

不要羡慕惡人，不要嚮往與他們為友；

你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要祈望與他們共處。

你不要羨慕壞人，不要貪願跟他們相處；

你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要渴望與他們在一起；

勿妒惡者、勿欲與偕、

惡者雖居顯要、毋懷不平、毋與偕處、

惡人亨通、勿妒之、勿羨與之偕處、

Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;

Do not want what evil people have. Don’t long to be with them.

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,

Don’t envy the evil or desire to be with them,

Do not be envious of evil people, Nor desire to be with them;

Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;

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

Don’t envy evil men or desire to be with them,

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

Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Don’t envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord.

Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways.

Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.

When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,“ God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

Don’t fret because of evildoers; don’t envy the wicked.

That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.“ My lords,” he said,“ come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”“ Oh no,” they replied.“ We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.They shouted to Lot,“ Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.“ Please, my brothers,” he begged,“ don’t do such a wicked thing.Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”“ Stand back!” they shouted.“ This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.

Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt.( This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.

Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

Don’t let me suffer the fate of sinners. Don’t condemn me along with murderers.

They may say,“ Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.”My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths.