Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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 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 Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of him who practices wickedness. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret yourself to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and tumult and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your wrath,

Job 5:2

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

Colossians 3:8

But now also put off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, shameful speech out of your mouth.

James 1:19-20

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

1 Samuel 25:21-23

And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his. And he has requited me evil for good.

Job 18:4

He tears himself in his anger; shall the earth be forsaken for you? And shall the rock be moved out of its place?

Psalm 31:22

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my cries, when I cried to You.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Jeremiah 20:14-15

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

Jonah 4:1

But it was a great calamity in Jonah's sight, and it kindled anger in him.

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death.

Luke 9:54-55

And seeing, His disciples James and John said, Lord, do You desire that we command fire to come down from Heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?

James 3:14-18

But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

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