Psalm 37:8

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Psalm 37:8 (WEB)
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Fathers and councils · 2

Origen

Origen, Against Celsus IV.72Book IV
“Besides, the Scripture, which tells us not to be angry at all, and which says in the thirty-seventh Psalm, “Cease from anger, and forsake wrath,” and which commands us by the mouth of Paul to “put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication,” would not involve God in the same…” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. xxxvii. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 37
““Cease from anger, and forsake wrath” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 6

Psalm 44:23
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.
Psalm 78:65
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.
Jeremiah 10:24
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.
Ephesians 2:3
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.
Colossians 3:8
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.
Psalm 6:1
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.72.

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Cited together with · 5

VersePsalm 44:23
via Against Celsus IV.72
VersePsalm 78:65
via Against Celsus IV.72
VerseJeremiah 10:24
via Against Celsus IV.72
VerseEphesians 2:3
via Against Celsus IV.72
VerseColossians 3:8
via Against Celsus IV.72

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VersePsalm 6:1
via Against Celsus IV.72

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PassageAgainst Celsus IV.72
PassageExpositions on the Psalms Psalm 37

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