Psalm 73:3

The English Standar Version

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Cross References

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Proverbs 23:17

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalm 37:1

Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Proverbs 24:1

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.[1]

Job 17:8

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

Job 24:23

He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.' "