Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Desires » What not to desire
Don't envy evil men or desire to be with them, for their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite; don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive. read more.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Envy » Forbidden
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,
Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.
Verse Concepts
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
or choose any of his ways;
instead, always fear the Lord.
or desire to be with them,
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.
Verse Concepts
Envy » Not envying
Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.
Verse Concepts
So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
Verse Concepts
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Vainglory » Not desiring vainglory
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.