Saying 29

19 Do not fret(A) because of evildoers
    or be envious of the wicked,

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Saying 20

24 Do not envy(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;

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Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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115 Away from me,(A) you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commands of my God!

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Psalm 37[a]

Of David.

Do not fret because of those who are evil
    or be envious(A) of those who do wrong;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

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BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
    who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
    or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)

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I do not sit(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(B)
I abhor(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(A) boastful, proud,(B) abusive,(C) disobedient to their parents,(D) ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous,(E) rash, conceited,(F) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness(G) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(H)

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11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(A) but rather expose them.

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26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(A) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(B) because of all their sins.(C)

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

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