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

And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall.

And Jehovah will see that great the evil of man in the earth, and every formation of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the days.

And Jehovah smelled a smell of sweetness; and Jehovah will say in his heart, I will not gather to curse the earth yet again on account of man; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: and I will not gather yet again to smite every living thing according to which I did.

And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.

And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.

And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word.

And Moses will say to him, Thou envying for me; and who will give all the people of Jehovah prophets? when Jehovah will give his spirit upon them.

To David. Thou shalt not be angry at those doing evil, and thou shalt not envy those working iniquity.

And they will be jealous. against Moses in the camp, against Aaron the holy of Jehovah.

The soul of the unjust one desired evil: his neighbor shall not be compassionated in his eyes.

And I saw all the labor and all the success of the work, for this the jealousy of a man from his neighbor. Also this is vanity and striving of spirit.

And the jealousy of Ephraim was removed, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not press upon Ephraim.

And the patriarchs having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,

For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.

General references

And it will be evil to Jonah, a great evil, and it will kindle to him.

And a love of strife was in them, which of them thinks to be the greater.