10 Bible Verses about Envy

Divine love suffers long; divine love is kind; divine love envies not; does not make a display of itself, is not puffed up,

Let us walk circumspectly, as in the day; not with revelries and drunkenness, not with debaucheries and impurities, not in strife and envy:

Let us not be fond of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Let us walk circumspectly, as in the day; not with revelries and drunkenness, not with debaucheries and impurities, not in strife and envy:

Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations;

Let us not be fond of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ.

for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man?

Then the chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin, and continued to say, What are we doing? because this man is doing many miracles.

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him on account of envy.

For he knew that they delivered Him on account of envy.

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and things like unto these: which I tell you beforehand, as I did previously say to you, that those doing such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him into Egypt:

And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

But the Jews giving away to jealousy, and receiving to themselves certain wicked men of those around the forum, and raising a mob, continued to put the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking to lead them out to the people:

for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man?

And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

But the Jews giving away to jealousy, and receiving to themselves certain wicked men of those around the forum, and raising a mob, continued to put the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking to lead them out to the people:

Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show forth out of beautiful conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal. read more.
For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work.

he has been inflated, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and controversies, from which come envy, strife, blasphemies, evil surmisings,

Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations; like newly born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, in order that you may grow thereby unto salvation:

being filled with all injustice, wickedness, vice, covetousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceitfulness, evil affection;

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him on account of envy.

But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth.

For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work.

For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;

Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?