Genesis 31:1

Jacob Flees From Laban

¹ Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.” ² And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.

Jacob

Laban

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Genesis 31:8-9

If he said, 'The spotted shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore striped.

Genesis 45:13

You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here."

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

Job 31:24-25

"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

Job 31:31

if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?'

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Psalm 49:16-17

Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts-- the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 64:3-4

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 120:3-5

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

Ezekiel 16:44

"Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: 'Like mother, like daughter.'

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

1 Peter 1:24

for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,