Envy And Jealousy

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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.

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, 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 musick and dancing. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; — read the full passage →

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

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

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

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

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

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

Wherefore laying aside all malice, 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 to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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:

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.

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 →

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

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

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

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

Wherefore laying aside all malice, 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, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

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:

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 →

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

So will I make my fury 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 her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

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

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — read the full passage →

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, 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 men, 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 all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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

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

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

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.

And Cain talked with 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 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 I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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

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

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which 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 which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in 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 thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. — read the full passage →

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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 →

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. — read the full passage →