Bible Verses About Jealousy & Envy

“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;”

“For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”

“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.”

“But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.”

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”

“Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.”

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him”

“Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”

“For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.”

“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.”

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

“Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;”

“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,”

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

“For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.”

“I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.”

“He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.”

“What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.””

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.””

“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

“The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.””

“But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.”

“And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.””

“For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”