Psalms 37:8 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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19 verses on the floor

Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
James 1:19–20
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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, 10, 20, 35, 36, 38 ) and the salvation and protection which the righteous are sure of from all the malicious designs of the wicked,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The foregoing reasons, taken from the approaching ruin of the wicked notwithstanding their prosperity, and the real happiness of the righteous notwithstanding their troubles, are here much enlarged upon and the same things repeated in a pleasing variety of expression.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 37:8PRO 16:32 JAS 1:19
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:8EPH 4:31 ECC 7:9
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:8PRO 16:32 PRO 15:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:8EPH 4:31 COL 3:8
PSA 37:8PRO 16:32 PRO 19:11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:8PRO 16:32 PRO 25:28
PSA 37:8EPH 4:31 TIT 3:2-3
PSA 37:8PRO 16:32 PRO 14:29

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