Psalms 37:9

World English Bible (2000)

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
  • Job 20:23-29 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through. 25 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. 26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes. 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. 22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
  • Ps 37:11-12 : 11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
  • Ps 37:29 : 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Isa 57:13 : 13 When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."
  • Isa 58:14 : 14 then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:" for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
  • Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."
  • Prov 2:21 : 21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:34
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    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.

  • Ps 37:10-12
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    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.

    12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

  • Ps 37:27-29
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    27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

    28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

    29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

  • Ps 37:17-22
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    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

    18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

    19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

    20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke.

    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 2:21-22
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    21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

    22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:1-3
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    78%

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

    2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

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

  • Ps 37:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

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

  • Ps 37:38
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    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 20:22
    74%

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

  • Ps 34:16
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    16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  • Ps 92:7
    74%

    7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 25:13
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    13 His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.

  • Prov 24:19
    72%

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

  • Ps 125:3-4
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    3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

    4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Isa 30:18
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    18 Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

  • Matt 5:5
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    5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--

  • Isa 1:28
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    28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 23:18
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    18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 13:22
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    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

  • Lam 3:25
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    25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

  • Ps 109:15
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    15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

  • Prov 11:31
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    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Ps 129:4
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    4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 27:14
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    14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.

  • Ps 21:10
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    10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

  • Isa 34:17
    69%

    17 He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

  • Isa 42:4
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    4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."

  • Prov 11:6
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    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.