12 Bible Verses about Envy

To David. Thou shalt not be angry at those doing evil, and thou shalt not envy those working iniquity.

Love is slow to anger, possesses kindness; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.

And they will gather together against Moses, and against Aaron, and they will say to them, Much to you for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah in the midst of them: and wherefore shall be lifted up over the gathering of Jehovah?

Then the presidents and satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel from the part of the kingdom; and they will not be able to find any pretext and corruption, because that he was faithful, and any error and corruption was not found upon him.

And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall.

And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.

And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word.

To David. Thou shalt not be angry at those doing evil, and thou shalt not envy those working iniquity. For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.

Thou shalt not envy against men of evil, thou shalt not desire to be with them. For their heart will meditate destruction, and their lips will speak labor.

Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.

Thy heart shall not envy against those sinning: but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,

Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

To David. Thou shalt not be angry at those doing evil, and thou shalt not envy those working iniquity.

For I was envious at the foolish; I shall see the peace of the unjust

Till I shall come to the holy place of God I shall not understand for their latter state. Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins. How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction. read more.
As a dream of him awaking, O Jehovah, in awaking thou wilt despise their image.

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

For yet are ye carnal: for wherefore envy in you, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

Then gathered together the chief priests and Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up:

For he knew that through envy, they had delivered him, up.

A heart of healing, the life of the flesh: and jealousy the rottenness of the bones.

Call now, if there is answering thee; and to whom from the holy ones wilt thou turn? For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.

Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Or think ye that the writing says vainly, That the spirit longs for envy, which dwelt in us?

And his brethren will see that their father loved him above all his brethren, and they will hate him, and will not be able to speak to him for peace. And Joseph will dream a dream, and he will announce to his brethren: and they will add yet to hate him. And he will say to them, Hear, now, this dream which I dreamed. read more.
And behold, we binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood; and behold your sheaves will turn about and will worship to my sheaf. And his brethren will say to him, Reigning, shalt thou reign over us? or ruling, shalt thou rule over us? And they will add yet to hate him for his dreams and for his words. And he will dream yet another dream, and he will recount it to his brethren, and he will say, Behold I dreamed a dream yet again: and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars worshipping to me. And he will recount to his father and to his brethren. And his father will rebuke him, and will say to him, What this dream which thou didst dream? Coming, shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come to worship to thee upon the earth? And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word.

And a man will say to his brother, Behold, this lord of dreams coming. And now, come, and we will kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast devoured him: and we shall see what will be his dreams.

And the patriarchs having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.

A heart of healing, the life of the flesh: and jealousy the rottenness of the bones.

And they will gather together against Moses, and against Aaron, and they will say to them, Much to you for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah in the midst of them: and wherefore shall be lifted up over the gathering of Jehovah?

And they will be jealous. against Moses in the camp, against Aaron the holy of Jehovah. The earth will open and will swallow down Dathan, and will cover the assembly of Abiram. And a fire will be kindled in their assembly; the flame will burn up the unjust

And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming.

And the unbelieving Jews, having been jealous, and having taken certain evil men of the vulgar, and excited to tumult, they disturbed the city by loud noise, and having stood against the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace.

And Saul will add yet to be afraid from the face of David; and Saul will be an enemy with David all the days.

And it will kindle to Saul greatly, and this word will be evil in his eyes; and he will say, They gave to David ten thousands and to me they gave thousands, and yet to him but the kingdom. And Saul will be wrong with David from that day and forward.

For all the days which the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, thou shalt not stand, and thy kingdom. And now send and take him to me, for he is the son of death.

And Sarai will say to Abram, My wrong upon thee: I gave my maid servant into thy bosom, and she will see that she conceived, and I shall be despised in her eyes. Jehovah will judge between me and between thee. And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.

And Sarah will see the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she brought forth to Abraham, laughing. And she will say to Abraham, Cast out this maid-servant and her son; for the son of this maid-servant shall not inherit with my son, with Isaak.

For yet are ye carnal: for wherefore envy in you, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

And Joshua, son of Nun, serving Moses from his chosen, will answer and say, My lord Moses, restrain them. And Moses will say to him, Thou envying for me; and who will give all the people of Jehovah prophets? when Jehovah will give his spirit upon them.

And I saw all the labor and all the success of the work, for this the jealousy of a man from his neighbor. Also this is vanity and striving of spirit.

And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming.

And the unbelieving Jews, having been jealous, and having taken certain evil men of the vulgar, and excited to tumult, they disturbed the city by loud noise, and having stood against the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace.

And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word.

For this, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, and I did according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou didst in thy hatred against them; and I was known among them according to that I will judge thee.

And it will kindle to Saul greatly, and this word will be evil in his eyes; and he will say, They gave to David ten thousands and to me they gave thousands, and yet to him but the kingdom.

Who wise and knowing among you? let him show out of a good mode of life his works in meekness of wisdom. And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This is wisdom coming not down from above, but earthly, natural, resembling an evil spirit. read more.
For where envy and intrigue, there confusion and every bad deed.

He has been proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, of which is envy, strife, slanders, evil conjectures,

Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies, As new born babes, long for the sincere milk pertaining to the word, that ye might be nourished with it:

Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing; and who shall stand before jealousy?

Then this Daniel excelling above the presidents and satraps because that an excellent spirit was in him; and the king doing to set him up over all the kingdom. Then the presidents and satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel from the part of the kingdom; and they will not be able to find any pretext and corruption, because that he was faithful, and any error and corruption was not found upon him.

And he will hear the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob took all which was to our father, and from what was to our father he made all this multitude.

O Jehovah, high thy hand, they will not see: they shall see and be ashamed for their jealousy of the people; also the fire of thine enemies shall consume them.

Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,

And Joshua, son of Nun, serving Moses from his chosen, will answer and say, My lord Moses, restrain them. And Moses will say to him, Thou envying for me; and who will give all the people of Jehovah prophets? when Jehovah will give his spirit upon them. And Moses will take himself into the camp, he and the old men of Israel.

And all this was not an equivalent to me in all the time which I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king's gate.

And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall.

And Miriam and Aaron will speak against Moses on account of the Ethiopian woman which he took: for he took an Ethiopian woman. And they will say, Did Jehovah only now speak by Moses? Did he not also speak by us? And Jehovah will hear. And the man Moses greatly humble, more than all the men upon the face of the earth. read more.
And Jehovah will say in a moment to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, Come forth ye three unto the tent of appointment And they three will come forth. And Jehovah will come down in the pillar of the cloud, and will stand at the door of the tent, and will call Aaron and Miriam, and they two will come forth. And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him. Not so my servant Moses; he was faithful in all my house. Mouth to mouth I will speak to him, and in appearance and not in enigmas; and the portion of Jehovah shall he behold: and wherefore were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? And the anger of Jehovah will kindle against them; and he will go. And the cloud removed from the tent; and behold, Miriam being leprous as snow: and Aaron will look upon Miriam, and behold, her being leprous

For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up:

And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.

For where envy and intrigue, there confusion and every bad deed.

For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.

Or think ye that the writing says vainly, That the spirit longs for envy, which dwelt in us?

And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.

And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes.

And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? read more.
If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.

And he will hear the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob took all which was to our father, and from what was to our father he made all this multitude.

And all this was not an equivalent to me in all the time which I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king's gate.

And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.

Then the presidents and satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel from the part of the kingdom; and they will not be able to find any pretext and corruption, because that he was faithful, and any error and corruption was not found upon him.

And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word.