Verse 1

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

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  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.
  • Prov 24:19 : 19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest 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 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 And so he did year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore Hannah wept and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why do you weep? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.