10 Bible Verses about Envy
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For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride],
But the unbelieving Jews, roused to a fit of zeal, and taking some of the lowest vulgar men of vile characters, and raising a mob, set the city in an uproar, and besetting the house of Jason, sought them to bring them unto the people.
Some indeed do it in a spirit of envy and strife; but some also preach Christ with cordial good-will:
replete with all injustice, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, villany; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, evil habits; whisperers,
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness, idolatry, magical charms, enmities, strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
he is conceited, knowing nothing, but delirious with disputes and quarrels about words, from whence come wrath, contentions, evil speakings, wrong suspicions,
WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, as new-born babes desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Envy » Forbidden
Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride],
Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy.
Let us not be vain-glorious, irritating one another, envying one another.
Envy » Forbidden » Examples of
Envy » Who not to envy
Envy » Not envying
Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy.
WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings,
Let us not be vain-glorious, irritating one another, envying one another.
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Envy » A proof of carnal-mindedness
AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.
For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as [other] men?
Envy » Instances of » Priests, of jesus
The chief priests and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles.
Envy » What envy does
Envy » A work of the flesh
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy?
Envy » Instances of » Joseph's brethren, of joseph
Envy » Hurtful to the envious
Envy » Instances of » Korah, dathan, and abiram, of moses
Envy » Exemplified
But the Jews seeing the multitude, were filled with envy, and opposed the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.
But the unbelieving Jews, roused to a fit of zeal, and taking some of the lowest vulgar men of vile characters, and raising a mob, set the city in an uproar, and besetting the house of Jason, sought them to bring them unto the people.
Envy » Instances of » Saul, of david
Envy » Instances of » Sarah, of hagar
Envy » Who has envy among them
For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as [other] men?
Envy » Exemplified » Joshua
Envy » Excited by good deeds of others
Envy » Instances of » Jews, of paul and barnabas
But the Jews seeing the multitude, were filled with envy, and opposed the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.
But the unbelieving Jews, roused to a fit of zeal, and taking some of the lowest vulgar men of vile characters, and raising a mob, set the city in an uproar, and besetting the house of Jason, sought them to bring them unto the people.
Envy » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Envy » Exemplified » Edomites
Envy » Exemplified » saul
Envy » The place where envy exists
Who is a wise man and intelligent among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This is not the wisdom which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical. read more.
For where envy and contention dwell, there is tumult and every vile deed.
Envy » Produced by foolish disputations
he is conceited, knowing nothing, but delirious with disputes and quarrels about words, from whence come wrath, contentions, evil speakings, wrong suspicions,
Envy » Hinders growth in grace
WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, as new-born babes desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Envy » None can stand before
Envy » Exemplified » Princes of babylon
Envy » Exemplified » Laban's sons
Envy » Punishment of
Envy » The wicked » Being Full of
replete with all injustice, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, villany; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, evil habits; whisperers,
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 ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
Envy » Leads to every evil work
Envy » The wicked » Live in
For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Envy » What lusts to envy
Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy?
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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1 Peter 2:1WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings,
