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Bible Verses About Jealousy and Envy
Find Bible verses about jealousy and envy — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about jealousy and envy?
The Bible addresses jealousy and envy with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 27:4
“Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?”
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Proverbs 23:17
“Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.”
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James 3:14
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.”
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Isaiah 11:13
“The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won't envy Judah, and Judah won't persecute Ephraim.”
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
“Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.”
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Ezekiel 38:19
“For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;”
Romans 11:14
“if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.”
1 Corinthians 13:4
“Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,”
Isaiah 42:8
“"I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.”
Numbers 5:14
“and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled:”
Psalms 106:16
“They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.”
Acts 7:9
“"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,”
Mark 15:10
“For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.”
Matthew 27:18
“For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.”
Exodus 34:14
“for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
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