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Psalms 73:3 KJV

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:3, King James Version

In context

2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

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Cross-references

  • Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
  • Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous 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?
  • Psalms 37:7 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.
  • Proverbs 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
  • Psalms 37:1 A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.