Psalm 37:8

Modern English Version

Let go of anger and forsake wrath; fret not—it leads only to evil.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty in 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.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy language out of your mouth.

Job 5:2

For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible.

Jonah 4:1

Now this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And Jonah replied, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death.”

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? And will the rock be removed from its place?

Psalm 73:15

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

Psalm 31:22

For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes.” Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.

Psalm 116:11

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

1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me that you want to go to your own country?” And he answered, “Nothing, however let me go anyway.”