Jealousy

Jealousy and envy are addressed throughout the Bible. This page lists verses warning against envy, on envy and strife, coveting, putting away envy, examples of envy, and the jealousy of God.

Warnings against envy

• Proverbs 14:30
  A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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• Proverbs 23:17
  Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
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• Proverbs 24:1
  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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• Psalm 37:1
  Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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• Proverbs 27:4
  Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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Envy and strife

• James 3:14-16
  ¹⁴But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. ¹⁵This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. ¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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• Galatians 5:26
  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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• 1 Corinthians 3:3
  For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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Coveting

• Exodus 20:17
  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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Putting away envy

• 1 Corinthians 13:4
  Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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• Romans 13:13
  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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• 1 Peter 2:1
  Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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Examples

• Genesis 37:11
  And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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• 1 Samuel 18:8-9
  ⁸And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? ⁹And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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• Mark 15:10
  For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
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The jealousy of God

• Exodus 34:14
  For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
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• Deuteronomy 4:24
  For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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• 2 Corinthians 11:2
  For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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See also

• Contentment
• Love
• Pride

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.