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Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalm 37:8 · King James Version
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Psalm 37:8 in other translations
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
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In context
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest 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.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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