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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Cease
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
from anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
, and forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
wrath
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
: fret
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
not thyself in any wise
'ak (Hebrew #389)
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but).
Pronounce: ak
Origin: akin to 403
to do evil
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Cease.
Job 5:2• 2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. (Job 5:2)
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Job 18:4• 4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place? (Job 18:4)
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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 16:32• 32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Prov. 16:32)
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Eph. 4:26,31• 26Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
 31Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice; (Eph. 4:26,31)
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James 1:19‑20• 19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
 20for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)
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James 3:14‑18• 14but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
 16For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing.
 17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
 18But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:14‑18)
fret.
Psa. 31:22• 22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. (Psa. 31:22)
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Psa. 73:15• 15If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children. (Psa. 73:15)
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Psa. 116:11• 11I said in my haste, All men are liars. (Psa. 116:11)
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1 Sam. 25:21‑23• 21Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this man had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.
 22So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male.
 23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, (1 Sam. 25:21‑23)
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Jer. 20:14‑15• 14Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
 15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad! (Jer. 20:14‑15)
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Jonah 4:1,9• 1And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
 9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death. (Jonah 4:1,9)
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Luke 9:54‑55• 54And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?
 55But turning he rebuked them and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are. (Luke 9:54‑55)
• Hence, no auger, no wrath, no fretting, no uneasiness. It leads to doing evil, indulging our own will in evil to meet evil. (“Psalms 30” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.