Psalm 73:3

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Cross-references

Psalm 73:12 Parallel

Psalm 73:12 expands on the prosperity of the wicked that sparked the psalmist's envy in verse 3.

Psalm 73:21 Parallel

Psalm 73:21 shows the inner turmoil that resulted from the envy described in verse 3.

Psalm 37:1 Parallel

Psalm 37:1 directly commands not to envy evildoers, while here the psalmist confesses he did exactly that—a clear parallel of the same warning.

Psalm 37:7 Parallel

Psalm 37:7 urges resting in the Lord and not fretting over the prosperous wicked, offering the patient trust that counters the envy expressed here.

Psalm 37:35 Parallel

Psalm 37:35 describes seeing a wicked man spreading like a tree, directly paralleling the psalmist's observation of prosperous evil.

Job 21:7 Parallel

Job 21:7 asks why the wicked live long and prosper, raising the same perplexing question that underlies the psalmist's envy here.

Proverbs 3:31 warns against envying the oppressor, directly addressing the sin the psalmist admits to in envying the arrogant.

Proverbs 24:1 gives the same warning against envying evil men, reinforcing the folly of coveting their prosperity.

Jeremiah 12:1 voices the same complaint: why do the wicked prosper? It deepens the struggle with divine justice.

1 Peter 2:1 Related theme

1 Peter 2:1 commands putting away envy, directly addressing the sin the psalmist confesses in Psalm 73:3.

James 5:1 Contrast

James 5:1 calls the rich to weep for coming miseries, directly opposing the envy of their present prosperity.

Luke 16:19 Contrast

Luke 16:19's rich man ends in torment, showing the ultimate reversal of the prosperity envied in Psalm 73:3.

Luke 6:24 Contrast

Luke 6:24 pronounces woe on the rich, directly contrasting the psalmist's envy of the prosperous wicked.

Malachi 2:17 shows God's people making the same complaint — that the wicked prosper and God seems to approve — which God calls wearying.

Habakkuk 1:13 questions why God allows the wicked to swallow the righteous — the same dilemma that caused the psalmist's envy in verse 3.

Habakkuk 1:3 voices a similar complaint about God allowing injustice, mirroring the psalmist's struggle with the prosperity of the wicked in verse 3.

Ecclesiastes 7:15 observes the same injustice — righteous perishing, wicked prolonging life — that provoked the psalmist's envy in verse 3.

Proverbs 24:19 also warns against envying the wicked, echoing the psalmist's struggle in verse 3.

Proverbs 23:17 directly commands not to envy sinners — the very sin the psalmist confesses in verse 3.

Job 9:24 Parallel

Job 9:24 laments that the earth is handed to the wicked, directly echoing the psalmist's distress over their prosperity.

Job 24:23 Parallel

Job 24:23 notes God gives the wicked security, reinforcing the troubling reality that the psalmist envies.

Job 5:3 Parallel

Job 5:3 recounts seeing a fool take root then cursed, mirroring the observation of the wicked's temporary prosperity.