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Jealousy can be a tough feeling to handle, and it often makes us unhappy or uncomfortable. The Bible has some short verses that help us understand what jealousy is and how we can deal with it. In this post, we’ll share a few simple Bible verses about jealousy that can guide us to a better way of thinking and help us find peace. These verses remind us to focus on what really matters and to be kind to others, even when we feel jealous.
Bible Verses about Jealousy
Exodus 20:17 – “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
James 3:14 – “But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.”
Galatians 5:26 – “Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”
Proverbs 14:30 – “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”
Proverbs 27:4 – “Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”
Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
Numbers 5:14 – “If a spirit of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife is defiled, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he suspects his wife is defiled, then he is to take his wife to the priest.”
1 Peter 2:1 – “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”
Titus 3:3 – “At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.”
Proverbs 6:34 – “For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 – “And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
Acts 7:9 – “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.”
Matthew 27:18 – “He knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.” (Note: This verse indicates the jealousy behind the plot against Jesus.)
Galatians 5:20 – “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions.”
John 3:26 – “They came to John and said to him, ‘Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.’”
Romans 13:13 – “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”
James 4:2 – “You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.”
Proverbs 23:17 – “Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 3:3 – “You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?”
Genesis 37:11 – “His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.”
James 3:16 – “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”
1 Samuel 18:9 – “And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.” (Note: Saul’s jealousy of David is referenced here.)
Proverbs 27:4 – “Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”
Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
Proverbs 14:30 – “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”
Numbers 5:14 – “If a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he suspects his wife is defiled, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he suspects his wife is defiled, then he is to take his wife to the priest.”
Titus 3:3 – “At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 – “And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
Acts 7:9 – “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.”
James 4:2 – “You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.”
Romans 13:13 – “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”
Proverbs 23:17 – “Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.”
Genesis 37:11 – “His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.”
1 Corinthians 3:3 – “You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?”
James 3:16 – “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”
1 Samuel 18:9 – “And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.”
Proverbs 27:4 – “Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”
1 Peter 2:1 – “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”
1 Peter 1:22 – “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
Matthew 27:18 – “He knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.” (Note: This verse implies the jealousy behind the plot against Jesus.)
Ecclesiastes 4:4 – “And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
Proverbs 14:30 – “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”
Galatians 5:26 – “Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”
Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.”
James 3:14 – “But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.”
Numbers 5:14 – “If a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he suspects his wife is defiled, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he suspects his wife is defiled, then he is to take his wife to the priest.”
Romans 13:13 – “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
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