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?
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.
1 John 3:12
and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Genesis 26:14
he owned flocks and herds and a great household [with a number of servants], and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11
Joseph’s brothers were envious and jealous of him, but his father kept the words [of Joseph] in mind [wondering about their meaning].
Job 5:2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Proverbs 14:30
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
Song of Songs 8:6
(The Shulammite Bride)
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
“Put me like a seal on your heart,
Like a seal on your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead).
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
[A most vehement flame] the very flame of the
Matthew 27:18
For Pilate knew that it was because of jealousy that the chief priests and elders had handed Jesus over to him.
Acts 5:17
But the
Acts 7:9
“The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,
Acts 17:5
But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.
Romans 1:29
until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],
James 1:19-21
Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving];
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 4:5-6
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Cruel, and anger is outrageous
But
General references
Bible References
Cruel, and anger is outrageous
But
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
General references
For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.