Psalms 37:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

<Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
  • Prov 24:19 : 19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children; 7 And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food. 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us? 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

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    17Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

    18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Ps 37:7-12
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    7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

    8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

    9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

    10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

    11But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Ps 37:2-3
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    2For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

    3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

  • Prov 3:29-31
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    29Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

    30Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

    31Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Ps 73:3
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    3Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

  • Ps 37:34
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    34Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • Ps 36:12
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    12There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.

  • Ps 5:4-5
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    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

    5The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

  • Ps 1:4-5
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    4The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

    5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

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    4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

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    38But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Ps 69:27
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    27Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

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    17There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 3:25
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    25Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

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    1Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

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    29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Ps 94:16
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    16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

  • Ps 119:115
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    115Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

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    9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

  • Prov 2:14
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    14Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

  • Ps 119:158
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    158I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

  • Job 27:7
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    7Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?