10 Bible Verses about Envy
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For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.
This offended the Jews and they gathered some unprincipled loafers, formed a mob and started a riot in the town. They attacked Jason's house, to find them and bring them out among the people.
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will.
They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.
The things our physical nature does are clear enough??mmorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,
Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind, and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,
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Envy » Forbidden
Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.
Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.
Envy » Forbidden » Examples of
Envy » Who not to envy
Envy » Not envying
Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.
Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Envy » A proof of carnal-mindedness
So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living.
for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?
Envy » Instances of » Priests, of jesus
Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?
Envy » What envy does
Envy » A work of the flesh
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
Do you suppose the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He yearns jealously over the Spirit he has put in our hearts?"
Envy » Instances of » Joseph's brethren, of joseph
The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,
Envy » Hurtful to the envious
Envy » Instances of » Korah, dathan, and abiram, of moses
Envy » Exemplified
But when the Jews saw the crowd, they were very jealous, and they contradicted what Paul said and abused him.
This offended the Jews and they gathered some unprincipled loafers, formed a mob and started a riot in the town. They attacked Jason's house, to find them and bring them out among the people.
Envy » Instances of » Saul, of david
Envy » Instances of » Sarah, of hagar
Envy » Who has envy among them
for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?
Envy » Exemplified » Joshua
Envy » Excited by good deeds of others
Envy » Instances of » Jews, of paul and barnabas
But when the Jews saw the crowd, they were very jealous, and they contradicted what Paul said and abused him.
This offended the Jews and they gathered some unprincipled loafers, formed a mob and started a riot in the town. They attacked Jason's house, to find them and bring them out among the people.
Envy » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Envy » Exemplified » Edomites
Envy » Exemplified » saul
Envy » The place where envy exists
What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom. But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above. It is earthly, animal, demon-like. read more.
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.
Envy » Produced by foolish disputations
is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,
Envy » Hinders growth in grace
Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind, and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,
Envy » None can stand before
Envy » Exemplified » Princes of babylon
Envy » Exemplified » Laban's sons
Envy » Punishment of
Envy » The wicked » Being Full of
They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.
Envy » Instances of » Joshua, of eldad and medad
Envy » Exemplified » Haman
Envy » Exemplified » Cain
Envy » Instances of » Miriam and aaron, of moses
Envy » Exemplified » Chief priests
Envy » Inconsistent with » The gospel
But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth.
Envy » Leads to every evil work
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.
Envy » The wicked » Live in
For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
Envy » What lusts to envy
Do you suppose the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He yearns jealously over the Spirit he has put in our hearts?"
Envy » Instances of » Philistines, of isaac
Envy » Instances of » Leah, of rachel
Envy » Instances of » Cain, of abel
Envy » Instances of » Laban's sons, of jacob
Envy » Instances of » Haman, of mordecai
Envy » Instances of » Rachel, of leah
Envy » Instances of » The princes of babylon, of daniel
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Avoid Envy
1 Peter 2:1Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,
Envy, Example Of
Mark 15:10For he knew that the high priests had handed him over to him out of envy.
