Genesis 31:1

English Standard Version 2016

Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

1 Peter 1:24

for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Ezekiel 16:44

“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Job 31:31

if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

Genesis 45:13

You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.”

Genesis 30:43

Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 31:2

And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.

Genesis 31:43

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?