Bible Verses about 'Envy'

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• Don’t envy violent people
  or copy their ways.
  Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
  but he offers his friendship to the godly.
  Proverbs 3:31-32trustrighteousnessplanning
• Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
  Ecclesiastes 4:4workneighbordesires
• For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger