| Jealousy �You shall not covet your neighbor�s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor�s house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. - Deuteronomy 5:21 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. - James 3:16 Or do you think scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us tends toward envy? - James 4:5 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. - Psalm 37:7 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord. - Psalm 10:3 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways. - Proverbs 3:31 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. - Proverbs 14:30 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? - Proverbs 27:4 And I saw that all labor and all achievements spring from man�s envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. - Ecclesiastes 4:4 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. - Galatians 5:26 Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company. - Proverbs 24:1 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. - James 3:14 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. - Proverbs 23:17,18 Then Jesus said to his disciples: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. - Luke 12:22,23 |