Psalms 73:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:12 : 12 Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.
  • Job 21:9 : 9 Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
  • Heb 12:8 : 8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
  • Job 21:6 : 6 At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.
  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training: 12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

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  • Ps 73:3-4
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    3Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

    4For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

  • Ps 73:6-9
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    6For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

    7Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

    8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

    9Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Job 21:9
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    9Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

  • Ps 73:11-12
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    72%

    11And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

    12Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.

  • Job 5:6
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    6For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

  • Lam 3:33
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    33For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.

  • Job 30:13
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    13They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

  • Job 3:17
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    17There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Job 36:8
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    8And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

  • Ps 55:19
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    19God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Jer 10:5
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    5It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

  • Ps 115:7
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    7They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

  • Job 21:13
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    13Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Ps 119:3
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    3They do no evil; they go in his ways.

  • Rom 3:17
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    17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

  • Ps 35:25
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    25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

  • Ps 76:5
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    5Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • Ps 69:27-28
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    27Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

    28Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

  • Ps 73:19
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    19How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Ps 78:33
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    33So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

  • Job 34:26
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    26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

  • Job 21:16
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    16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Ps 10:6
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    6He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

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

  • Ps 135:17
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    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

    11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Job 36:14
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    14They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

  • Isa 17:14
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    14In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

  • Job 4:20-21
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    20Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

    21If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • Job 24:23-24
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    23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

    24For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

  • Ps 37:19
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    19They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Mal 3:15
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    15And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

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

  • Ps 49:12
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    12But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Ps 103:10
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    10He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.