Psalm 37:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it tends only to evildoing.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Common English Bible

⁸ Let go of anger and leave rage behind! Don’t get upset—it will only lead to evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.

Psalm 37:8 Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

But Pharaoh said to him, “What have you lacked with me that you are now seeking to go to your own country?” And he said to him, “Only let me go.”

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”

Psalm 31:22

I had said in my alarm, “I am driven far from thy sight.” But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Jonah 4:1

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,

Colossians 3:8

But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.