"For anger slays the foolish man,
and jealousy kills the simple."
Job 5:2
"Do not fret because of evildoers,
be not envious toward wrongdoers."
Psalm 37:1
"A tranquil heart is life to the
body, but passion is rottenness to the bones."
Proverbs 14:30
"Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but live in the fear of the LORD always."
Proverbs 23:17
"Do not be envious of evil men, nor
desire to be with them."
Proverbs 24:1
"I have seen that every labor and
every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his
neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind."
Ecclesiastes 4:4
"He was saying, 'That which proceeds
out of the man, that is what defiles the man. For from within, out of
the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts,
murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as
deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.'"
Mark 7:20-22
"Love is patient, love is kind and
is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant."
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Now the deeds of the flesh are
evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery,
enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions,
factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of
which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who
practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:19-21
"We also once were foolish
ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and
pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one
another."
Titus 3:3
"If you have bitter jealousy and
selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against
the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is
earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition
exist, there is disorder and every evil thing."
James 3:14-16
"Therefore, putting aside all malice
and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander."
1 Peter 2:1
"Do not envy a man of violence and
do not choose any of his ways."
Proverbs 3:31
"Do not fret because of evildoers or
be envious of the wicked."
Proverbs 24:19
"He is conceited and understands
nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and
disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language,
evil suspicions."
1 Timothy 6:4
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