Psalms 37:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

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  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
  • Jas 3:14-18 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now you also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger: 20 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
  • Luke 9:54-55 : 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did? 55 But he turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-23 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him, and he has repaid me evil for good. 22 So may God do to David's enemies, and more also, if by morning I leave anyone who urinates against the wall, of all who belong to him. 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
  • Job 18:4 : 4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.
  • Ps 73:15 : 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad.
  • Jonah 4:1 : 1 But it displeased Jonah greatly, and he was very angry.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:7
    87%

    7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

  • Ps 37:1
    83%

    1Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Prov 24:17-19
    3 verses
    82%

    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Eph 4:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

    27Nor give place to the devil.

  • Eccl 7:9
    78%

    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Ps 37:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

    11But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Prov 3:29-31
    3 verses
    75%

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

    31Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Ps 37:27
    75%

    27Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

    14Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

  • Prov 22:24
    75%

    24Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,

  • Prov 20:22
    75%

    22Do not say, I will recompense evil; wait on the LORD, and He shall save you.

  • Jas 1:20
    75%

    20For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

  • Prov 15:18
    74%

    18A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.

  • Job 36:18
    74%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • Prov 29:22
    74%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

  • Prov 15:1
    74%

    1A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

  • Ps 85:3
    74%

    3You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

  • Prov 14:17
    74%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Ps 76:10
    73%

    10Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.

  • Job 3:17
    73%

    17There the wicked cease from troubling; there the weary are at rest.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Ps 38:1
    73%

    1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, nor chasten me in your hot displeasure.

  • Eph 4:31
    72%

    31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

    11Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • Prov 14:29
    72%

    29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.

  • Ps 103:9
    72%

    9He will not always rebuke: nor will He keep His anger forever.

  • Ps 37:3
    72%

    3Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

  • Prov 23:17
    72%

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

  • Jer 3:5
    72%

    5Will he hold onto his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.

  • Job 18:4
    72%

    4He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 24:1
    71%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Jer 25:6
    71%

    6And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.'

  • Prov 25:8
    71%

    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

  • Prov 17:13
    71%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Eccl 8:3
    71%

    3Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Rom 12:19
    71%

    19Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord.

  • Jer 18:23
    71%

    23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.