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Psalms 73:3
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Psalms 73:3
3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3*For I was enuious at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperity of the wicked.
- Iob. 21.7. psal.37.1. Ierem.12.1
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 73:3
Feeling envy at another's prosperity or advantage; resentfully desiring what another possesses.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting without proper regard for truth or what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
prosperity
Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Open the full verse study1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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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 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 study1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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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 study5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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Open the full verse study31¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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