Thematic Bible: Jealousy of


Thematic Bible



The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.


Joshua warned the people, "You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.



This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, "They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?"

Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan -- and not only him but all of David's men as well?"


saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'


When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.


The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him.


But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,


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