Psalm 73:3

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;

Psalm 37:7

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 24:1

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

James 4:5

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways;

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

Job 17:8

Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

Job 24:23

He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”