Thematic Bible: Jealousy of


Thematic Bible



"And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven,

Either, shall we provoke the Lord? Or are we stronger than he?

See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, and a jealous God.



And Judah wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD and angered him above all that their fathers did, with their sin which they sinned.



Then was Saul exceeding wroth and that saying displeased him, and he said, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me but a thousand. And what more can he have, save the kingdom?"

Wherefore all the men of Israel came to the king and said unto him, "Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king and his household and all David's men with him over Jordan?"


'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'


When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him.


And the men of Ephraim said unto him, "Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledest us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?" And they chode with him a good.


And he was angry, and would not go in. Then came his father out, and entreated him.