Jealousness

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 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?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

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;

and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

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.

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;

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

And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: — read the full passage →

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.

And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? — read the full passage →

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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 →

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.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: — read the full passage →

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

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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.

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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.

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 →

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 →

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — 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.

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

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 →

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.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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

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

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

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.

And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. — read the full passage →

And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. — read the full passage →

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: — read the full passage →

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

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 →

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.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations: — read the full passage →

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: — read the full passage →

if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel;

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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? — read the full passage →

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. — read the full passage →

that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judæa, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? — read the full passage →

They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? — read the full passage →

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.

And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →