Genesis 26:14

Conflicts Over Wells

¹³ and the man became rich and kept getting richer until he was very wealthy. ¹⁴ He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him. ¹⁵ The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Flocks and Herds

Philistines

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Genesis 12:16

He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired flocks and herds, male and female donkeys, male and female slaves, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

1 Samuel 18:9

So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward.

Job 1:3

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

Job 5:2

For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalm 112:3

Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.

Psalm 144:13-14

Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.

Proverbs 10:22

The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and struggle adds nothing to it.

Proverbs 27:4

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?