Psalms 73:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:7 : 7 ¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 ¶ Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 ¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 ¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 ¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 73:2
    79%

    2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

  • Ps 73:12-13
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    77%

    12Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

    13Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  • Job 5:2-3
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    76%

    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

    3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

    7Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Ps 10:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • Prov 24:19
    74%

    19¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • Ps 37:1
    74%

    1¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 36:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Ps 37:35
    73%

    35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

  • Prov 24:1
    73%

    1¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Ps 73:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

    17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 27:4
    72%

    4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

  • Ps 73:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21¶ Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

    22So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.

  • Ps 37:32
    72%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Job 10:3
    72%

    3[Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Ps 73:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

  • Eccl 3:16
    71%

    16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Eccl 7:15
    71%

    15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

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    17¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

  • Job 3:14
    71%

    14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 73:4
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    4For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.

  • Job 21:7
    71%

    7¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • Job 31:29
    71%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • Prov 3:31
    71%

    31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Eccl 2:15
    70%

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.

  • Isa 57:17
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    17¶ For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

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    158¶ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

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    5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

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    4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.

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    7¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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    8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

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    15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.

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    3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

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    25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;