Psalm 37:8 “Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring ha…”

Psalm 37:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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Cross references

“Cease”

Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 16:32 Ephesians 4:31 Job 5:2 Ephesians 4:26 James 3:14–18

Proverbs 14:29 · BSB

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Proverbs 16:32 · BSB

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Ephesians 4:31 · BSB

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Job 5:2 · BSB

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Ephesians 4:26 · BSB

“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

James 3:14–18 · BSB

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

“fret”

Jonah 4:1 1 Samuel 25:21–23 Psalm 31:22 Psalm 73:15 Jonah 4:9 Psalm 116:11

Jonah 4:1 · BSB

Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.

1 Samuel 25:21–23 · BSB

Now David had just said, “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.

Psalm 31:22 · BSB

In 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.

Psalm 73:15 · BSB

If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

Jonah 4:9 · BSB

Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

Psalm 116:11 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

Also

Colossians 3:8

Colossians 3:8 · BSB

But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

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