Bible Verses about 'Envy'

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• For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• Do not envy the violent
  and do not choose any of their ways;
  for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
  but the upright are in his confidence.
  Proverbs 3:31-32trustrighteousnessplanning
• Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after 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 things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger