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Psalm 37:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.Psalm 37:8 · King James Version
Psalm 37:8 in context
6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7Rest 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.
8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 14:29
- Proverbs 16:32
- James 1:19-20
- Ephesians 4:31
- James 3:14-18
- Ephesians 4:26
- Job 5:2
- Colossians 3:8
Key words (Strong's)
- forsakeʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- Ceaserâphâhto slackenH7503 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- wrathchêmâhheatH2534 →
- fretchârâhto glow or grow warmH2734 →
- wiseʼaka particle of affirmation, surelyH389 →
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In these verses we have, I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept upon precept, and line upon line, to suppress them and arm us against them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20