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Jealousy And Envy
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But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
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?
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
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 →
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.
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.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
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.
Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
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.
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.
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
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.
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 →
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — 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 →
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →
(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);
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 →
Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
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.
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.
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
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 is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
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 →
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long: — read the full passage →
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
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.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes. — read the full passage →
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →
For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →
So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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, — read the full passage →
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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:
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.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
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.
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
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 →
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 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?
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
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.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →
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.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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.
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
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 →
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;
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
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 →
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.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. — read the full passage →
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
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.
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 →
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →
For without cause have they hid for me their netina pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul. — read the full passage →
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