Psalms 73:3
73:3 For I envied those who are proud,
as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 3:31
3:31 Do not envy a violent man,
and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;
Proverbs 23:17
23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
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!
James 4:5-6
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”?
4:6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “
God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”