being envious
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16For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
5Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”
1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
14consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.
12For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
30The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
1And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom. 2For I did not judge myself to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling. 4And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue, 5so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God. 6Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, 20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
6For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.