Teks -- Proverbs 3:31 (NET)

3:31 Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Pro 3:31 - Envy not

For his impunity and success.

JFB: Pro 3:31 - oppressor

Or man of mischief. The destiny of successful evildoers warns against desiring their lot (Psa 37:1-2, Psa 37:35-36).

Clarke: Pro 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor

Envy thou not the oppressor - O how bewitching is power! Every man desires it; and yet all hate tyrants. But query, if all had power, would not the major part be tyrants?

TSK: Pro 3:31 - Envy // the oppressor // choose

Envy : Pro 23:17, Pro 24:1, Pro 24:19, Pro 24:20; Psa 37:1, Psa 37:7-9, Psa 73:3; Gal 5:21

the oppressor : Heb. a man of violence, Ecc 5:8

choose : Pro 1:15-18, Pro 2:12-15, Pro 12:12, Pro 22:22-25

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Pro 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor // Choose none of his ways

Envy thou not the oppressor for his impunity and success in his wicked designs, and the wealth which he gains by his unrighteous practices.

Choose none of his ways for what men envy in others they seek to obtain for themselves.

Haydock: Pro 3:31 - Ways

Ways. Of injustice. Seek not to attain his prosperity by the same means. (Calmet)

Gill: Pro 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor // and choose none of his ways

Envy thou not the oppressor,.... The man that gets wealth and riches by acts of injustice, by oppressing the poor, by rapine and violence; do not envy his prosperity, and the substance he is possessed of; do not wish to be in his place and circumstances, to enjoy his affluence and ease; do not look upon his happiness with an envious eye and a fretting heart; he is far from being a happy man; his end will be bad; see Psa 37:1;

and choose none of his ways; which he has used to get his riches in; do not follow him in them; for should you do as he has done, and get ever so much, since this would be with the loss of your souls, of what advantage would it be? He makes the best choice that chooses the "good part" that shall not be taken away, Luk 10:42; Christ, and the ways of Christ.