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Jealous
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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,
(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);
For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
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.
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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?
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.
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
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, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus? — read the full passage →
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, — read the full passage →
Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? — read the full passage →
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,
for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.
And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night. — read the full passage →
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: — read the full passage →
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; — read the full passage →
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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 →
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — 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 →
For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, — read the full passage →
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. — read the full passage →
But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. — read the full passage →
Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. — read the full passage →
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →
And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. — read the full passage →
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. — read the full passage →
He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
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 →
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. — read the full passage →
And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. — read the full passage →
When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? — read the full passage →
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! — read the full passage →
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. — read the full passage →
Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee. — read the full passage →
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? — read the full passage →
But many shall be last that are first; and first that are last.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. — read the full passage →
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil. — read the full passage →
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →
There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
And the word of Jehovah of hosts cameto me, saying, — read the full passage →
Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit. — read the full passage →
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.
To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. — read the full passage →
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. — read the full passage →
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: — read the full passage →
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. — read the full passage →
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house. — read the full passage →
While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. — read the full passage →
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. — read the full passage →
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee. — read the full passage →
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God? — read the full passage →
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. — read the full passage →
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.