Envy

A healed heart <FI>is<Fi> life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones <FI>is<Fi> envy.

for ye do not bow yourselves to another god--for Jehovah, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Zealous, is a zealous God.

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.'

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

Therefore, I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have done according to thine anger, And according to thine envy, With which thou hast wrought, Because of thy hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge thee.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring <FI>them<Fi> to the populace,

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul--contradicting and speaking evil.

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day. — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation; — read the full passage →

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit!

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, high <FI>is<Fi> Thy hand--they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire--Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

and the truth shall make you free.'

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end. — read the full passage →

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none--I die.'

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by <FI>that which is<Fi> not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

For jealousy <FI>is<Fi> the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one. — read the full passage →

and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.'

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, <FI>one<Fi> of his young men, answereth and saith, `My lord Moses, restrain them.' — read the full passage →

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring <FI>them<Fi> to the populace, — read the full passage →

John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such; — read the full passage →

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you. — read the full passage →

The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps--a hundred and twenty--that they may be throughout the whole kingdom, — read the full passage →

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee. — read the full passage →

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;