'Envy' in the Bible
For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.
But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,
And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.
So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;