Topic

Jealousy And Envy

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James 3:14–16

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:30

A healed heart <FI>is<Fi> life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones <FI>is<Fi> envy.

1 Corinthians 13:4

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

Proverbs 27:4

Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

Galatians 5:19–21

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:3

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

James 3:16

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

1 Corinthians 3:3

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

Romans 13:13

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

1 John 4:8

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Job 5:2

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

Acts 7:9

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

Psalms 37:1

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

James 4:7

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Titus 3:3

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

1 Peter 2:1

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

John 8:32

and the truth shall make you free.'

Proverbs 23:17

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

1 Peter 4:8

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Exodus 20:17

`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.'

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy <FI>is<Fi> the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

Deuteronomy 4:24

for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming--a zealous God.

James 3:14

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

Galatians 5:26

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

2 Corinthians 11:2

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

James 4:2–3

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking; — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:1–3

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

James 3:14–15

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

Genesis 37:11

and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

Psalms 37:1–40

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

Exodus 34:14

for ye do not bow yourselves to another god--for Jehovah, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Zealous, is a zealous God.

1 Corinthians 13:1–8

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:31

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

John 3:16

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Proverbs 24:1

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

John 16:13

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

Exodus 20:4–6

`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens above, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the earth beneath, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the waters under the earth. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:4

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

Exodus 20:4–5

`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens above, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the earth beneath, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the waters under the earth. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:1–2

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Acts 13:45

and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul--contradicting and speaking evil.

Proverbs 23:17–18

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day. — read the full passage →

Psalms 91:1–16

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Genesis 37:4

and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak <FI>to<Fi> him peaceably.

Matthew 27:18

for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

Psalms 36:1–12

To the Overseer. --By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 32:16

They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

Mark 7:21–22

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

Mark 7:21–23

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

Zechariah 1:14

And the messenger who is speaking with me, saith unto me, `Call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion <FI>with<Fi> great zeal.

Genesis 4:8

And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, <FI>`Let us go into the field;'<Fi> and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

1 Samuel 15:23

for a sin of divination <FI>is<Fi> rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim <FI>is<Fi> stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from <FI>being<Fi> king.'

Exodus 20:5

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

Acts 17:5

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring <FI>them<Fi> to the populace,

Psalms 25:4–5

Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:22–23

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Psalms 73:3

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

Hebrews 11:1

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Galatians 5:22

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

1 Peter 2:9

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

James 4:11

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

James 4:2

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

Hebrews 13:5

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

Philippians 1:15

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

1 Corinthians 1:27–29

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; — read the full passage →

Genesis 4:4–5

and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 18:8

And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him <FI>is<Fi> only the kingdom;'

Genesis 37:1–36

And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings--in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Psalms 121:1

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

Galatians 6:4

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

Zechariah 8:2

`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.

Proverbs 3:1–35

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

1 Kings 19:14

And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life--to take it.'

Galatians 5:19–23

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Romans 1:29

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

Galatians 5:19

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Romans 8:28

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Romans 13:13–14

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation; — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 12:20

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

Psalms 78:58

And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

Matthew 17:20

And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

James 5:9

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

Galatians 6:4–5

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 11:13

And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.

1 Peter 2:1–25

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

James 4:7–8

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; — read the full passage →

James 3:17–4:10

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- — read the full passage →

Psalms 27:1

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

Psalms 23:1–6

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–6

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 16:42

And I have caused My fury against thee to rest, And My jealousy hath turned aside from thee, And I have been quiet, and I am not angry any more.

Song of Solomon 8:6–7

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:1–2

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

Psalms 35:7–8

For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul. — read the full passage →

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