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19 Do not fret because of evildoers.
    Do not envy the wicked,(A)

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24 Do not envy the wicked,
    nor desire to be with them,(A)

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17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
    but always continue in the fear of the Lord.(A)

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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115 Go away from me, you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commandments of my God.(A)

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Psalm 37

Exhortation to Patience and Trust

Of David.

Do not fret because of the wicked;
    do not be envious of wrongdoers,(A)

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For I was envious of the arrogant;
    I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(A)

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Book I

(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

Happy are those
    who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
    or sit in the seat of scoffers,(A)

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I do not sit with the worthless,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites;(A)
I hate the company of evildoers
    and will not sit with the wicked.(B)

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For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,(A) unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,(B) treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,(C) holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!

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11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.(A)

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26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn away from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away for all their sins.”(A)

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,
    so that you do not take part in her sins
and so that you do not share in her plagues,(A)

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17 Therefore come out from them,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
    then I will welcome you,(A)

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