Bible Verses About Jealousy
What the Bible says about jealousy and envy. 10 passages, word for word.
Proverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
KJVA sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
James 3:14–16
14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. 15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
KJV14But 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.
Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
KJVThou 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.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
KJVLet us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
KJVCharity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Psalms 37:1–2
1Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. 2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
KJV1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Proverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
KJVLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
KJVAgain, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
KJVLet nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
KJVWherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,