Bible verses about "envy" | ISV

²⁰ Then he continued, “It’s what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean, ²¹ because it’s from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder, ²² adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. ²³ All these things come from inside and make a person unclean.”

¹ Benefits of Wisdom Don’t be envious of wicked men or wish you were with them,

⁴ Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

³ After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

¹ Live as God’s Chosen PeopleTherefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

¹⁶ For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

²⁶ Let’s stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.

¹⁷ Never let yourself envy sinners; instead, remain in fear of the LORD every day,

¹⁹ Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity, ²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions, ²¹ envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

³⁰ A tranquil mind brings life to one’s body, but jealousy causes one’s bones to rot.

¹⁴ indeed, you are not to bow down in worship to any other god, because the LORD’s name is Jealous—he’s a jealous God—