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Psalms 37:1
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Psalms 37:1
1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
1¶ Fret not thy selfe because of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious against the workers of iniquitie.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 37:1
To be vexed or troubled; also to wear away or corrode.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who do evil or commit moral wrong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Feeling envy at another's prosperity or advantage; resentfully desiring what another possesses.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Persons who work, labor, or perform deeds.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Wickedness, unrighteousness, injustice, or a particular sin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Open the full verse study17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
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Open the full verse study19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
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Open the full verse study31¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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Open the full verse study1BE not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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Open the full verse study3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
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Open the full verse study6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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Open the full verse study3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
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