Psalms 37:1

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By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.
  • Prov 24:19 : 19 Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 Her rival used to aggravate her to the point of exasperation, just to irritate her, since the LORD had not enabled her to have children. 7 This is how it would go year after year. As often as she went up to the LORD’s house, Peninnah would offend her that way.) So she cried and refused to eat. 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Hannah, why are you crying and why won’t you eat? Why are you so upset? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”? 6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

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