Psalms 37:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

KJV

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

WEB

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

ASV

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

LSV

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, || Do not fret yourself to only do evil.

YLT

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

DBY

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it [would be] only to do evil.

DRC36:8

Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

GNV

Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

JPS

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

LXXE36:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

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WLC

הֶ֣רֶף מֵ֭אַף וַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵמָ֑ה אַל־תִּ֝תְחַ֗ר אַךְ־לְהָרֵֽעַ׃

LXX-Br36:8

Παῦσαι ἀπὸ ὀργῆς καὶ ἐνκατάλιπε θυμὸν, μὴ παραζήλου ὥστε πονηρεύεσθαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• James 1:19–20My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
• Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• James 3:14–18But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish…
• Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
• Jonah 4:1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
• 1 Samuel 25:21–23Now 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. May God punish David,…
• Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
• 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!”
• 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.
• Luke 9:54–55When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
• Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

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