Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Bible References
I was
Psalm 37:1
Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
Job 21:7
Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?
Proverbs 3:31
Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
James 4:5
Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave?