Topical Verses

Envy

Genesis 30:1-2 — Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."
Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

Genesis 37:3-7 — Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a (Or {full-length robe}) varicolored tunic.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and {so} they hated him and could not speak to him (Lit {in peace}) on friendly terms.
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had;
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf."

Genesis 37:8-11 — Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
He related {it} to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying {in mind.}

Job 5:2 — "For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

Psalms 37:1-2 — Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

Psalms 73:2-3 — But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant {As} I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 119:36-37 — Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to {dishonest} gain.
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.

Proverbs 14:30 — A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 23:1-5 — When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of {great} appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration {of it.}
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For {wealth} certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies {toward} the heavens.

Proverbs 27:20 — Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 — All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was (Or {futility,} and so throughout the ch) vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 — I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is {the result of} rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 — All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Matthew 27:17-18 — So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

Matthew 27:20 — But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

Luke 4:5-8 — And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
~"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours."
Jesus answered him, "It is written, `YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY."'

Acts 5:16-18 — Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick (Lit {and}) or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

Acts 7:9 — "The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. {Yet} God was with him,

Acts 13:44-48 — The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and {began} contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
~"For so the Lord has commanded us, `I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH."'
When the Gentiles heard this, they {began} rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Romans 1:28-29 — And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; {they are} gossips,

Romans 13:13-14 — Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to {its} lusts.

1 Corinthians 3:2-3 — I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able {to receive it.} Indeed, even now you are not yet able,
for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

1 Corinthians 13:4 — Love is patient, love is kind {and} is not jealous; love does not brag {and} is not arrogant,

2 Corinthians 12:20 — For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps {there will be} strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

Galatians 5:19-21 — Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26 — Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

Philippians 1:15-17 — Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;
the latter {do it} out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

Philippians 2:3-4 — Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
do not {merely} look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Philippians 3:8 — More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

Philippians 4:11 — Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

1 Timothy 6:3-6 — If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,
he is conceited {and} understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
But godliness {actually} is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

Titus 3:3 — For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

James 3:14-16 — But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and {so} lie against the truth.
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

James 4:1-3 — What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
You lust and do not have; {so} you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; {so} you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend {it} on your pleasures.

1 Peter 2:1-2 — Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

1 John 2:15-16 — Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

This topic is from the BibleSteak Team.

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