Exodus 1:9
He said to his people, “Behold, the
Psalm 105:24-25
There the Lord greatly increased [the number of] His people,
And made them more powerful than their enemies.
Numbers 22:4-5
Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.
Job 5:2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Proverbs 14:28
In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince’s ruin.
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.
Titus 3:3
For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting 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 hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
James 4:5
Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose