Psa 37:1, 7, 73:3, Pro 3:31, 23:17, 24:19, Gal 5:19-21, Jam 4:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Of David . Fret not yourself because of evildoers ; be not envious of wrongdoers !

v 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

Psalms 37:1

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

^{▼▼This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet} Of David.

1 ^bFret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not ^cenvious of wrongdoers!

Psalms 37:7

7 ^dBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
^efret not yourself over the one who ^fprospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalms 73:3

3 ^gFor I was ^henvious of the arrogant
when I saw the ⁱprosperity of the wicked.

Proverbs 3:31

31 ^jDo not envy ^ka man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

Proverbs 23:17

17 Let not your heart ^lenvy sinners,
but continue in ^mthe fear of the Lord all the day.

Proverbs 24:19

19 ⁿFret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not ^oenvious of the wicked,

Galatians 5:19-21

19 Now ^pthe works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^qdivisions, 21 envy, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add murder} drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^sthose who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

James 4:5-6

5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^tthat he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But ^uhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^v“God opposes the proud but ^wgives grace to the humble.”