Bible Verses About Envy and Jealousy

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.