Psalms 37:8

World English Bible (2000)

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
  • Jas 3:14-18 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
  • Col 3:8 : 8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
  • Luke 9:54-55 : 54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?" 55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-23 : 21 Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. 22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall." 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
  • Ps 73:15 : 15 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. 15 Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
  • Jonah 4:1 : 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

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    7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1 Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Eph 4:26-27
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    26 "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,

    27 neither give place to the devil.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Ps 37:9-11
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    9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

    11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Prov 3:29-31
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    29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

    30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

    31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

  • Ps 37:27
    75%

    27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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

  • Prov 22:24
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    24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

  • Prov 20:22
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    22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

  • Job 36:18
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    18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 15:1
    74%

    1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  • Ps 85:3
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    3 You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

  • Prov 14:17
    74%

    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

  • Ps 76:10
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    10 Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

  • Job 3:17
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Ps 38:1
    73%

    1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

  • Eph 4:31
    72%

    31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
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    10 For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

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  • Prov 14:29
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    29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

  • Ps 103:9
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    9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

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    3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

  • Jer 3:5
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    5 "'Will he retain [his anger] forever? Will he keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way."

  • Job 18:4
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    4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 24:1
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    1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

  • Jer 25:6
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    6 and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

  • Prov 25:8
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    8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Eccl 8:3
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    3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

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    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Rom 12:19
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    19 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

  • Jer 18:23
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    23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.