14 Bible Verses about Jealousy
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From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder, adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness, all these evils issue from within and they defile a man."
For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander. That is what defiles a man; a man is not defiled by eating with hands unwashed!"
Now the deeds of the flesh are quite obvious, such as sexual vice, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.
let us live decorously as in the open light of day ??no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.
Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs, is never rude, never selfish, never irritated, never resentful; love is never glad when others go wrong, love is gladdened by goodness,read more.
always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.
For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another. But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared; and he saved us, not for anything we had done but from his own pity for us, by the water that means regeneration and renewal under the holy Spirit
But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth. That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish; for wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there disorder reigns and every evil.
Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,
This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy;
But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.
But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,
you are still worldly. For with jealousy and quarrels in your midst, are you not worldly, are you not behaving like ordinary men?
For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.
From Thematic Bible
The tribe of Gad » Assists » Assisted » Building » Altars » Jealousy
Jealousy » Divine
What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?
Jealousy » Examples of human » King saul
Jealousy » Instances of » Saul, of david
Jealousy » Instances of » Joseph's brothers, of joseph
Jealousy » An envious spirit
Then, I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" Why, first of all Moses declares, I will make you jealous of a nation that is no nation, I will provoke you to anger over a nation devoid of understanding.
Now I ask, have they stumbled to their ruin? Never! The truth is, that by their lapse salvation has passed to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.
Jealousy » Examples of human » The labourers in the vineyard
'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'
Jealousy » Examples of human » Joseph's brethren
Jealousy » Instances of » Sectional, between israel and the tribe of judah
Jealousy » Instances of » The brother of the prodigal son
Now his elder son was out in the field, and as he came near the house he heard music and dancing; so, summoning one of the servants, he asked what this meant. The servant told him, 'Your brother has arrived, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.' read more.
This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him, but he replied, 'Look at all the years I have been serving you! I have never neglected any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, to let me make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!' The father said to him, 'My son, you and I are always together, all I have is yours. We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "
Jealousy » Instances of » Nathan, of adonijah
Jealousy » Instances of » Joab, of abner
Jealousy » Examples of human » The men of ephraim
Jealousy » Examples of human » The elder brother
This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,
Jealousy » Instances of » Cain, of abel
Jealousy » Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife
Jealousy » Image of
Jealousy » Figurative
for I feel a divine jealousy on your behalf; I betrothed you as a chaste maiden to present you to your one husband Christ,
Jealousy » Instances of » Sarah, of hagar
Jealousy » Instances of » Of jephthah
Jealousy » Instances of » Ephraimites, of gideon
Jewish » Jealousy
But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was proclaiming the word of God at Beroea as well, they came to create a disturbance and a riot among the crowds at Beroea too.
Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"
But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.
But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,
Now I ask, have they stumbled to their ruin? Never! The truth is, that by their lapse salvation has passed to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.
Man's » Jealousy » Wrath
Man's » Jealousy » King saul
Man's » Jealousy » The labourers in the vineyard
'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'
Man's » Jealousy » Joseph's brethren
Man's » Jealousy » The men of ephraim
Man's » Jealousy » The elder brother
This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,
Offerings » Different kinds of » Jealousy
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Avoiding Jealousy
1 Corinthians 3:3you are still worldly. For with jealousy and quarrels in your midst, are you not worldly, are you not behaving like ordinary men?
