Psalm 37:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ Hĕ Abstain from displeasure, and forsake wrath; Do not fret, also to do 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

And Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that you are now seeking to go to your own land?” And he answered, “No, but please let me go.”

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself to pieces in displeasure – would the earth be forsaken for your sake? Or the rock move from its place?

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Psalm 31:22

And I, I have said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes,” Yet You heard the voice of my prayers When I cried out to You.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “Let me speak thus,” See, I would have deceived A generation of Your children.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.

Jonah 4:1

But it greatly displeased Yonah, and he was grieved.

Jonah 4:9

And Elohim said to Yonah, “Have you rightly become displeased over the plant?” And he said, “I have rightly become displeased, even to death!”

Ephesians 4:26

“Be wroth, but do not sin.” Do not let the sun go down on your rage,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil.

Colossians 3:8

But now, also put off all these: displeasure, wrath, evil, blasphemy, filthy talk from your mouth.