Proverbs 3:30-32
Proverbs 3:30-32 The Message (MSG)
Don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder, always spoiling for a fight. Don’t try to be like those who shoulder their way through life. Why be a bully? “Why not?” you say. Because GOD can’t stand twisted souls. It’s the straightforward who get his respect.
Proverbs 3:30-32 King James Version (KJV)
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm. Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 3:30-32 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.
Proverbs 3:30-32 New Century Version (NCV)
Don’t accuse a person for no good reason; don’t accuse someone who has not harmed you. Don’t be jealous of those who use violence, and don’t choose to be like them. The LORD hates those who do wrong, but he is a friend to those who are honest.
Proverbs 3:30-32 American Standard Version (ASV)
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm. Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways. For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Proverbs 3:30-32 New International Version (NIV)
Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm. Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the LORD detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
Proverbs 3:30-32 New King James Version (NKJV)
Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel is with the upright.
Proverbs 3:30-32 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Do not quarrel with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. [Rom 12:18] Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. [Ps 37:1; 73:3; Prov 24:1] For the devious are repulsive to the LORD; But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage]. [Ps 25:14]
Proverbs 3:30-32 New Living Translation (NLT)
Don’t pick a fight without reason, when no one has done you harm. Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways. Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the godly.
Proverbs 3:30-32 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And why would you quarrel with those who have done nothing wrong to you? Is that a chip on your shoulder? Don’t act like those bullies or learn their ways. Every violent thug is despised by the Lord, but every tender lover finds friendship with God and will hear his intimate secrets.
Proverbs 3:30-32 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.