Psalm 37:8

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Summary

Psalm 37:8

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

Cease

James 3:14

Fret

Luke 9:54

Bible References

Cease

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Fret

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?