Envy And Jealousy

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. — read the full passage →

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; — read the full passage →

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

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

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: — read the full passage →

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

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

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

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

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. — read the full passage →

Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long: — read the full passage →

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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

Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

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

And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. — read the full passage →

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

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

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor. — read the full passage →

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

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. — read the full passage →

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

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

Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart. — read the full passage →