Bible Verses about 'Envy'

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• Do not envy a violent man
  or choose to emulate any of his ways.
  For the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord
  whose friendship is bestowed only upon the upright.
  Proverbs 3:31-32trustrighteousnessplanning
• For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work derive from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chase after the wind.
  Ecclesiastes 4:4workneighbordesires
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• Then he went on, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For from within, from the human heart, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All these evils come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Love is patient;
  love is charitable.
  Love is not envious;
  it does not have an inflated opinion of itself;
  it is not filled with its own importance.
  Love is never rude;
  it does not seek its own advantage.
  It is not prone to anger;
  neither does it brood over setbacks.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger