Psalm 73:3
New Living Translation
3 For I envied the proud
when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
Job 21:7
New Living Translation
7 “Why do the wicked prosper,
growing old and powerful?
Jeremiah 12:1
New Living Translation
Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice
12 Lord, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
Proverbs 23:17
New Living Translation
17 Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the Lord.
Psalm 37:7
New Living Translation
7 Be still in the presence of the Lord,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.
Psalm 37:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 37[a]
A psalm of David.
1 Don’t worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.
Footnotes
- 37 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each stanza begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Proverbs 24:1
New Living Translation
24 Don’t envy evil people
or desire their company.
James 4:5
New Living Translation
5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[a]
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- 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
Proverbs 3:31
New Living Translation
31 Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
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