Psalm 37:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Do not fret because of evil-doers, Do not be envious of the workers of unrighteousness.

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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.

Psalm 37:1 Cross References

Job 17:8

Upright ones are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the defiled one.

Psalm 37:7

Rest in יהוה, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man doing wicked devices.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of a man perverts his way, And his heart is wroth against יהוה.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be in the fear of יהוה  all day long;

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy evil men, Nor desire to be with them;

Proverbs 24:19

Do not fret because of evil-doers, And do not envy the wrong;

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a cruel man, And choose none of his ways;

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it shall not be well with the wrong one, nor would he prolong his days as a shadow, because he does not fear before Elohim.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like – of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practise such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.