Verse 1

Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.

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  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.
  • Prov 24:19 : 19 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.
  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival would provoke her, and she would weep and not eat. 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, 'Hannah, why are you crying? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?'
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.