Genesis 37:11
37:11 His brothers were jealous
of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
Genesis 37:1
Joseph’s Dreams
37:1 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 1:4-8
1:4 God saw
that the light was good,
so God separated
the light from the darkness.
1:5 God called
the light “day” and the darkness
“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.
1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Psalms 106:16
106:16 In the camp they resented Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
Proverbs 14:30
14:30 A tranquil spirit revives the body,
but envy is rottenness to the bones.
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Evil Oppression on Earth
4:1 So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth.
This is what I saw:
The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them;
no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
Colossians 3:3
3:3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Galatians 5:21
5:21 envying,
murder,
drunkenness, carousing,
and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
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.
James 3:14
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
James 4:5
4:5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,
“The spirit that God
caused
to live within us has an envious yearning”?