42 verses contain “envy” (in the KJV: 34, in the BSB: 23) — showing 1–42
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Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.
Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and anger, and strife, and in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep, do change his knowledge.
And that they committed their government to one man every year, who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, and that there was neither envy nor emmulation among them.