Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not envious against evil men, and do not desire to be with them. Turning toward such people draws away from the straight and narrow path and leads into temptation and deception. God blesses those who avoid the way of sinners and remain on the path of uprightness.
The warning belongs to women as well as to men. To desire the company of evil men includes being drawn to the evils of the fashionable world, which are to be avoided rather than followed. That avoidance includes fashionable dress and its customs, which are not to be followed.
Be not envious against evil men, and do not desire to be with them.
Turning toward such people draws away from the straight and narrow path and leads into temptation and deception.
God blesses those who avoid the way of sinners and remain on the path of uprightness.
The warning belongs to women as well as to men.
To desire the company of evil men includes being drawn to the evils of the fashionable world, which are to be avoided rather than followed.
That avoidance includes fashionable dress and its customs, which are not to be followed.