The Oppressor
Proverbs 3:31
Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.


He is a common character. There is the political oppressor, the social oppressor, the ecclesiastical oppressor.

I. HIS CHARACTER IS NOT TO BE ENVIED.

1. Because envy is in itself an evil.

2. Because there is nothing in the oppressor to be desired.

II. HIS CONDUCT IS NOT TO BE FOLLOWED. Stand aloof (Psalm 37:1).

(D. Thomas, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

WEB: Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.




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