Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
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