James 4:5

Modern English Version

Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “He yearns jealously for the spirit that lives in us” ?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the descendant would not be his, so when he had relations with his brother’s wife, he let his semen go on the ground, so that he would not give a descendant to his brother.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was continually only evil.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled a soothing aroma; and the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

Psalm 106:16

They envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy priest of the Lord.

Psalm 37:1

Fret not because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I observed that all labor and skill of work come one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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 harass Ephraim.

Numbers 11:29

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Oh, that all the people of the Lord were prophets, and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He spoken, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will 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 have pierced.”

John 7:42

Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the seed of David, out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?”

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and craftiness. They are gossips,

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

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

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live in them and walk in them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel in advance to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

Titus 3:3

We also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in evil and envy, filled with hatred and hating each other.