Psalm 37:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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 shall be astonied at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 73:3

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

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

Proverbs 24:1

Be not thou envious against evil men, Neither desire to be with them.

Proverbs 24:19

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they which practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.