10 Bible Verses about Envy
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For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,
But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will;
being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, whisperers,
For the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, fornication, impurity, lewdness, idolatry, magic, enmities, strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, heresies, murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings, as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to salvation,
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Envy » Forbidden
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Envy » Forbidden » Examples of
Envy » Who not to envy
Envy » Not envying
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Envy » A proof of carnal-mindedness
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as carnal, as babes in Christ.
for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?
Envy » Instances of » Priests, of jesus
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles.
Envy » What envy does
Envy » A work of the flesh
murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit which dwells in us desires 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
And the Jews seeing the multitudes were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, disputing and blaspheming.
But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
Envy » Instances of » Saul, of david
Envy » Instances of » Sarah, of hagar
Envy » Who has envy among them
for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?
Envy » Exemplified » Joshua
Envy » Excited by good deeds of others
Envy » Instances of » Jews, of paul and barnabas
And the Jews seeing the multitudes were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, disputing and blaspheming.
But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
Envy » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Envy » Exemplified » Edomites
Envy » Exemplified » saul
Envy » The place where envy exists
What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal. read more.
For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.
Envy » Produced by foolish disputations
he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
Envy » Hinders growth in grace
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings, as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it 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
being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, 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 you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth.
Envy » Leads to every evil work
Envy » The wicked » Live in
For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;
Envy » What lusts to envy
Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit which dwells in us desires 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 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
