66 verses contain “jealous” (in the KJV: 49, in the BSB: 53) — showing 1–66
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And his brethren
envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Thou shalt not bow down
thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me;
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who
hate Me,
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
And the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be
defiled: or if the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be not
defiled:
and if a feeling of
jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has
defiled herself—or if a feeling of
jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not
defiled herself—
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an
ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put
frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of
jealousy, an offering of
memorial, bringing iniquity to
remembrance.
then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an
ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put
frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for
jealousy, an offering of
memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the
jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the
curse:
After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of
memorial, which is the grain offering for
jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a
curse.
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
This is the law of
jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is
defiled;
This is the law of
jealousy when a wife goes
astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
Or when the spirit of
jealousy cometh upon him, and he be
jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall
execute upon her all this law.
or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was
zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my
jealousy.
“
Phinehas son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was
zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not
consume the Israelites in My zeal.
For the LORD thy God is a
consuming fire, even a
jealous God.
For the LORD your God is a
consuming fire, a
jealous God.
Thou shalt not bow down
thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me,
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who
hate Me,
(For the LORD thy God is a
jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be
kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a
jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be
kindled against you, and He will
wipe you off the face of the earth.
The LORD will not
spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall
blot out his name from under heaven.
The LORD will never be willing to
forgive him. Instead, His anger and
jealousy will burn against that man, and every
curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will
blot out his name from under heaven
They
provoked him to
jealousy with strange gods, with abominations
provoked they him to anger.
They
provoked His
jealousy with foreign gods; they
enraged Him with abominations.
They have moved me to
jealousy with that which is not God; they have
provoked me to anger with their
vanities: and I will move them to
jealousy with those which are not a people; I will
provoke them to anger with a
foolish nation.
They have
provoked My
jealousy by that which is not God; they have
enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them
jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them
angry by a nation without understanding.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a
jealous God; he will not
forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a
jealous God; He will not
forgive your rebellion or your sins.
And Saul
eyed David from that day and forward.
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they
provoked him to
jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they
provoked Him to
jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
“I have been very
zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have
forsaken Your covenant,
torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
“I have been very
zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have
forsaken Your covenant,
torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
For they
provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to
jealousy with their
graven images.
They
enraged Him with their high places and
provoked His
jealousy with their idols.
How long, LORD?
wilt thou be
angry for ever? shall thy
jealousy burn like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You be
angry forever? Will Your
jealousy burn like fire?
For
jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of
vengeance.
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?
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death;
jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most
vehement flame.
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its
jealousy as
unrelenting as
Sheol. Its sparks are
fiery flames, the fiercest
blaze of all.
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.
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall
stir up
jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry,
yea,
roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a
warrior. He shouts;
yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a
lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of
jealousy, which provoketh to
jealousy.
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the
idol that provokes
jealousy was seated.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this
idol of
jealousy.
And I will judge thee, as women that break
wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in
fury and
jealousy.
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit
adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your
bloodshed and
jealousy.
So will I make my
fury toward thee to rest, and my
jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more
angry.
So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My
jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer
angry.
And I will set my
jealousy against thee, and they shall deal
furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy
remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be
devoured by the fire.
And I will set My
jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in
fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your
remnant will be consumed by fire.
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.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my
jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all
Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with
despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all
Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became
plunder.
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my
jealousy and in my
fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Therefore,
prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have
endured the reproach of the nations.
For in my
jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great
shaking in the land of Israel;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have
compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be
jealous for My holy name.
Then will the LORD be
jealous for his land, and
pity his people.
Then the LORD became
jealous for His land, and He
spared His people.
God is
jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is
furious; the LORD will take
vengeance on his
adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
The LORD is a
jealous and
avenging God; the LORD is
avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes
vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’S wrath; but the whole land shall be
devoured by the fire of his
jealousy: for he shall make even a
speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my
jealousy.
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to
testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to
assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My
indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My
jealousy.
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am
jealous for Jerusalem and for
Zion with a great
jealousy.
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “
Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very
jealous for Jerusalem and
Zion,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was
jealous for
Zion with great
jealousy, and I was
jealous for her with great
fury.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am
jealous for
Zion with great zeal; I am
jealous for her with great
fervor.”
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the
Sadducees,) and were filled with
indignation,
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the
Sadducees, were filled with
jealousy. They went out
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 the Jews which believed not, moved with
envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an
uproar, and
assaulted the house of
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
The Jews, however, became
jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a
mob, and sent the city into an
uproar. They
raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and
Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will
provoke you to
jealousy by them that are no people, and by a
foolish nation I will anger you.
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you
jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you
angry by a nation without understanding.”
I say then, Have they
stumbled that they should fall? God
forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to
provoke them to
jealousy.
I ask then, did they
stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their
trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel
jealous.
If by any means I may
provoke to
emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
in the hope that I may
provoke my own people to
jealousy and save some of them.
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?
Do we
provoke the Lord to
jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Are we trying to
provoke the Lord to
jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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.
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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:
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling,
jealousy,
rage,
rivalry,
slander,
gossip,
arrogance, and disorder.
But if ye have bitter
envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
But if you
harbor bitter
jealousy and
selfish ambition in your hearts, do not
boast in it or deny the truth.
For where
envying and
strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
For where
jealousy and
selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the Lord,
For the ear of
jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not
hid.
He shall take to him his
jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the
revenge of his enemies.
Be not
jealous over the wife of thy
bosom, and teach her not an evil
lesson against
thyself.
But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is
jealous over another woman, and a
scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
Neither
consult with a woman touching her of whom she is
jealous; neither with a
coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a
buyer of selling; nor with an
envious man of
thankfulness; nor with an
unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the
slothful for any work; nor with an
hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business:
hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.