Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

International Standard Version

Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.

A Conservative Version

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.

Bible in Basic English

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

Modern King James verseion

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret yourself to do evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure; let not thy jealousy move thee also to do evil.

NET Bible

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

New Heart English Bible

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

The Emphasized Bible

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation - it would be only to do evil;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:8

Images Psalm 37:8

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

7 Daleth Be silent before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Ephesians 4:26

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

Job 5:2

It is certain that wrath kills the foolish man, and envy consumes the covetous one.

Colossians 3:8

But now put ye also off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

James 1:19-20

Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

1 Samuel 25:21-23

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

Job 18:4

O thou that dost tear thy soul in thine anger; shall the earth be forsaken because of thee and shall the rocks be removed out of their place?

Psalm 31:22

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

Psalm 73:15

If I should say, I will speak as they do; behold, I should deny the generation of thy sons.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Jeremiah 20:14-15

Cursed be the day in which I was born; do not let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

Jonah 4:1

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

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Art thou so angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Luke 9:54-55

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 Elijah did?

James 3:14-18

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and do not be liars against the truth.

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