Psalms 73:3

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For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:7 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power?
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?
  • 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.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 73:2
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    2But as for me, my feet almost slipped, my steps nearly stumbled.

  • Ps 73:12-13
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    77%

    12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth.

    13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.

  • Job 5:2-3
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    2For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    74%

    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

    3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

  • Prov 24:19
    74%

    19Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

  • Ps 37:1
    74%

    1Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.

  • Ps 36:1-3
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    73%

    1To the choirmaster, a servant of the Lord, a psalm of David.

    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Ps 37:35
    73%

    35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.

  • Prov 24:1
    73%

    1Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.

  • Ps 73:16-17
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    72%

    16When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

    17Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?

  • Ps 73:21-22
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    72%

    21When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me,

    22I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • Ps 73:7-8
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    7Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice.

    8They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Prov 23:17
    71%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Ps 73:4
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    4They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

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    7Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power?

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    29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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    15Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.'

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    17Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.

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    158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not keep Your word.

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    4And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

  • Job 27:7
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    7May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!

  • Job 34:8
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    8He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.

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    15Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'

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    3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes shame.

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    3How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked exult?

  • Jer 12:1
    70%

    1You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

  • Job 31:25
    69%

    25if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,