Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Desires » What not to desire
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them. For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you, and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}. Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception. read more.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Envy » Forbidden
Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,
Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.
May your heart not envy the sinners, but [live] in fear of Yahweh {all day}.
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
Envy » Not envying
Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
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.