Genesis 4:5-6
4:5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased.
So Cain became very angry,
and his expression was downcast.
4:6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?
Genesis 6:5
6:5 But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
Genesis 8:21
8:21 And the
Lord smelled the soothing aroma
and said
to himself,
“I will never again curse
the ground because of humankind, even though
the inclination of their minds
is evil from childhood on.
I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
Genesis 26:14
26:14 He had
so many sheep
and cattle
and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous
of him.
Genesis 30:1
30:1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children or I’ll die!”
Genesis 37:11
37:11 His brothers were jealous
of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
Numbers 11:29
11:29 Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for me?
I wish that
all the
Lord’s people were prophets, that the
Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
Psalms 37:1
Psalm 37
By David.
37:1 Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed!
Do not envy evildoers!
Psalms 106:16
106:16 In the camp they resented Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
Proverbs 21:10
21:10 The appetite of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Labor Motivated by Envy
4:4 Then I considered all the skillful work that is done:
Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another.
This also is profitless – like chasing the wind.
Isaiah 11:13
11:13 Ephraim’s jealousy will end,
and Judah’s hostility will be eliminated.
Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah,
and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.
Acts 7:9
7:9 The
patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold
him into Egypt. But
God was with him,
Romans 1:29
1:29 They are filled
with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with
envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
Titus 3:3
3:3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.