Envy

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

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

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. — read the full passage →

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. — read the full passage →

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. — read the full passage →

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. — read the full passage →

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: