Psalms 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
KJV
Psalmus David, in rememorationem de sabbato.
Vulgate
Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ· εἰς ἀνάμνησιν περὶ σαββάτου.
LXX
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
ASV
לְ/דָוִ֨ד אַל תִּתְחַ֥ר בַּ/מְּרֵעִ֑ים אַל תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א בְּ/עֹשֵׂ֥י עַוְלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
יְקַנְא֣וּ
yqn'v
verb · 33×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. That one of you should have his father's wife. Wherefore said he not, That he should abuse his father's wife? The extreme foulness of the deed caused him to shrink. He hurries by it accordingly, with a sort of scrupulousness as though it had been explicitly mentioned before. And hereby again he aggravates the charge, implying that such things are ventured on among them as ev…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Sam 1:6 — And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Gen 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father
- Jas 4:5 — Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
- Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Prov 3:31 — Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
- Prov 3:31 — Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
- Prov 19:3 — The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
- Prov 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- Prov 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- Prov 24:1 — Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Prov 24:1 — Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Prov 24:19 — Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
- Prov 24:19 — Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
- Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Ps 49:16 — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: