My LORD’s BibleEnvy and Jealousy
Scripture's warnings on envy: what it does to the body, the heart, and the community.
Prov 14:30
Read in full chapter →30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
See also: Proverbs 17:22, Job 5:2
Prov 27:4
Read in full chapter →4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
See also: Matthew 27:18, Proverbs 6:34
Ps 37:1
Read in full chapter →1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
See also: Testament of Gad 2:9, Psalms 37:7
James 3:14-16
Read in full chapter →14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
See also: James 3:16, Philippians 2:3
15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
See also: Proverbs 2:7, James 3:17
16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
See also: Testament of Simeon 1:17, Ignatius to the Philadelphians 2:16