Psalms 73:3

World English Bible (2000)

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:7 : 7 "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
  • Ps 37:7 : 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.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

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  • Ps 73:2
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    2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

  • Ps 73:12-13
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    12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

    13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

  • Job 5:2-3
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    2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

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

  • Ps 36:1-3
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    1An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Ps 37:35
    73%

    35I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

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

  • Ps 73:16-17
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    72%

    16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

    17Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

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

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    4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

  • Ps 73:21-22
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    21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

    22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

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

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • Ps 73:7-8
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    7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

    8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

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

  • Job 3:14
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    14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

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

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    4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

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    7"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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    29"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

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

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

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    17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

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    158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't observe your word.

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    5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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    4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

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    7"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

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    8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

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    15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

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    3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

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    3Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

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    1You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

  • Job 31:25
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    25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;