Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 1:11-15 depicts sinners enticing others to join them — illustrating the kind of evil company warned against here.
Prov 3:31 directly commands not to envy a man of violence—the same warning not to envy the wicked.
Prov 23:17 warns against envying sinners and urges fear of the Lord—reinforces the same instruction.
Proverbs 13:20 warns that companions of fools suffer harm — reinforcing the danger of associating with evil men.
Genesis 19:1-11 recounts Lot's experience in Sodom — the concrete consequence of living among wicked people, echoing the warning.
Psalm 26:9 pleads not to be swept away with sinners — a prayer that aligns with the command to avoid evil company.
Ps 37:1 says 'do not fret... nor be envious of wrongdoers'—nearly identical warning not to envy the wicked.
Ps 37:7 adds 'fret not over the one who prospers in his way'—expands the command to not envy evil men with patient trust.
Psalm 73:3 describes the psalmist's own envy of the arrogant when seeing their prosperity — a direct parallel to the warning here.
Genesis 13:10-13 shows Lot choosing to settle near wicked Sodom — a narrative example of the danger of proximity to evil.
Galatians 5:19-21 lists envy among works of the flesh, showing envying evil men as a sinful pattern to avoid.
1 Peter 2:1 expands the command to avoid envy, listing it among sins believers must rid themselves of.