Psalm 37:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ FRET NOT yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

Common English Bible

¹ Don’t get upset over evildoers; don’t be jealous of those who do wrong,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.

Psalm 37:1 Cross References

Job 17:8

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Proverbs 19:3

One’s own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the Lord.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them,

Proverbs 24:19

Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not envy the wicked,

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the violent, and do not choose any of their ways,

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.