10 Bible Verses about Envy

Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not herself, is not puffed up,

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy;

Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy;

Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

And I, brethren, could not speak to you, as to spiritual, but as to carnal??s to babes in Christ.

for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?

The high priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? because This Man is doing many signs.

(For he was coming to understand that because of envy the high priests had delivered Him up).

For he knew that because of envy they delivered Him up.

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, as I also said before, that those practicing such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Or do ye think that the Scripture says in vain, "The spirit that dwells in us has jealous longings?"

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, blaspheming.

But the Jews, moved with jealousy, and taking to themselves certain evil men of the rabble, and gathering a multitude, were setting the city in an uproar; and, assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking them to lead them, forth to the populace.

for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?

But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, blaspheming.

But the Jews, moved with jealousy, and taking to themselves certain evil men of the rabble, and gathering a multitude, were setting the city in an uproar; and, assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking them to lead them, forth to the populace.

Who is wise and intelligent among you? Let him show, by his good conduct, his works in meekness of wisdom. But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal! read more.
For where there are jealousy and contention, there is confusion and every vile deed.

he has become puffed up, knowing nothing, but morbid about questions and word-battles, out of which come envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, as new-born babes, long ye for the spiritual, unadulterated milk, that thereby ye may grow unto salvation,

having become filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

(For he was coming to understand that because of envy the high priests had delivered Him up).

But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

For where there are jealousy and contention, there is confusion and every vile deed.

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Or do ye think that the Scripture says in vain, "The spirit that dwells in us has jealous longings?"