Bible Verses about 'Envy'

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• For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• Do not envy the oppressor,
  And choose none of his ways;
  For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
  But His secret counsel is with the upright.
  Proverbs 3:31-32trustrighteousnessplanning
• Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
  Ecclesiastes 4:4workneighbordesires
• Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
• Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation