James 4:5

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Do you think Scripture doesn't mean what it says: that the spirit that he put in us is very jealous?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel realized she was unable to give Jacob any children she was jealous of her sister. She complained to Jacob, “I'll die if you don't give me children!”

Genesis 37:11

Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.

Genesis 38:9

Onan realized that any children he had wouldn't be his own, so whenever he slept with his brother's wife he made sure she wouldn't become pregnant by withdrawing and spilling his semen on the ground. In this way he prevented any children being born on behalf of his brother.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!

Genesis 8:21

The Lord accepted the sacrifice, and said to himself, “I won't ever again curse the ground because of human beings, even though every single thought in their minds is evil from childhood. I won't ever destroy all life again as I have just done.

Psalm 106:16

In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.

Psalm 37:1

Don't be upset over wicked people, or be jealous of those who do wrong.

Proverbs 21:10

Evil people love to do wrong, they don't care what pain they cause anyone.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I observed that every skill in work comes from competition with others. Once again this is hard to understand, like trying to hold on to the elusive wind.

Isaiah 11:13

Ephraim's jealousy will disappear, and Judah's enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim won't be jealous of Judah, and Judah won't treat Ephraim as an enemy.

Numbers 11:29

“Are you jealous for my reputation?” Moses replied. “I wish that every one of the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would give his Spirit to all of them!”

Numbers 23:19

God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?

John 10:35

He called those people ‘gods,’ the people to whom the word of God came—and Scripture can't be altered.

John 19:37

and as another Scripture says, “They will look at the one they pierced.”

John 7:42

Doesn't Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David's lineage, and from David's home town of Bethlehem?”

Acts 7:9

The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They filled themselves with all that's wrong: evil, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malice, and gossip.

Romans 9:17

Scripture records God saying to Pharaoh: “I put you here for a reason—so that through you I could demonstrate my power, and so that my name could be made known throughout the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that is within you, that you received from God?

2 Corinthians 6:16

What compromise could the Temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Galatians 3:8

In Scripture it was foreseen that God would make right the foreigners who trusted in him. The good news is revealed to Abraham beforehand with the words, “Through you all the nations will be blessed.”

Titus 3:3

For there was a time when we too were foolish and disobedient. We were deceived and slaves to various desires and pleasures. We lived wicked lives full of jealousy, hateful people hating one another.