James 4:5

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Summary

James 4:5

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

The spirit

General references

Jonah 4:1

Luke 22:24

Bible References

The spirit

but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

The Lord

smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

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.”

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

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

A Psalm of David.

Do not fret because of evildoers,

Be not envious toward wrongdoers.

When they became envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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.

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

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.

General references

But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.