Psalms 37:7

David calls for restful, patient waiting on the Lord without fretting over those whose wicked schemes succeed. Quiet trust counters anxious comparison.

Cross-references · 22

• Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
• Jas 5:7–11Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
• Ps 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
• Heb 10:36–37For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
• Lam 3:25–26Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
• Prov 20:22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
• Hab 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
• Jer 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
• Ps 40:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
• Isa 30:15For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,
• Ps 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
• Gal 6:9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
• Isa 8:17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Josh 10:12Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”
• Isa 10:13–14For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
• Eccl 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
• Dan 11:36The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
• Job 21:7–34“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
• Ps 50:8I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
• Jonah 1:11Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.
• Rev 13:3–10One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
• Ps 73:3–14For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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