2 occurrences in 12 translations

'Envious' in the Bible

You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

Verse ConceptsAmbition, Warnings RegardingPrayer, Practicalities OfPrayerlessnessCovetousness, Nature ofEvil DesiresReady To KillFighting One Anothergrandmas

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?

Verse Conceptsgrandmasfriendliness

Bible Theasaurus

Covetous (13 instances)
Envious (21 instances)
Jealous (48 instances)

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