James 4:5

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us is inclined to envy?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

For he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and many servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him; but his father remembered the saying.

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, so that he would not give descendents to his brother.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet smell; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done.

Psalm 106:16

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

Psalm 37:1

​Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all toil, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Isaiah 11:13

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.

Numbers 11:29

And Moses said to him, Do you envy for my sake? Would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

John 10:35

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

John 19:37

And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

John 7:42

Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes from the descendents of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Romans 9:17

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached beforehand the gospel to Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were at one time foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.