jealousy
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4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
3And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?
17You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”
30The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
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.
16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
14But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth. 15For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical. 16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
6Groom to Bride: Under the apple tree, I awakened you. There your mother was corrupted. There she who bore you was violated.
9And the Patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him.
34For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,
13Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.