“Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.”
Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company—an exhortation to avoid both the desire to emulate wickedness and the desire for fellowship with the wicked, establishing that such desires corrupt. The verb 'envy' (kanah) describes covetous desire; the temptation is to want their apparent freedom or power. The theological significance involves the principle that wickedness is fundamentally unattractive to the wise.
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