Psalm 37:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not 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

Upright men are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalm 73:3

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

Proverbs 19:3

When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Proverbs 24:1

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them;

Proverbs 24:19

Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked;

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways;

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.