Psalms 37:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.”
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“Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 37:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
- 1 Kings 11:22But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
- Jonah 4:1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Luke 9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
- Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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