But ifyou havebitterjealousyand selfish ambitionin your heart,do not be arrogantand [so] lieagainstthe truth.
His brotherswere jealousof him, but his fatherkeptthe saying[in mind].
Onanknewthat the offspringwould not be his; so whenhe wentin to his brother'swife,he wastedhis seed on the groundin order not to giveoffspringto his brother.
He said,"Comewith me and seemy zealfor the LORD."So he made him ridein his chariot.
But Jehuwas not carefulto walkin the lawof the LORD,the Godof Israel,with allhis heart;he did not departfrom the sinsof Jeroboam,whichhe made Israelsin.
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
A tranquilheartis lifeto the body,But passionis rottennessto the bones.
Wrathis fierceand angeris a flood,But whocan standbeforejealousy?
Then the jealousyof Ephraimwill depart,And those who harassJudahwill be cutoff;Ephraimwill not be jealousof Judah,And Judahwill not harassEphraim.
Whydo You makeme seeiniquity,And cause [me] to lookon wickedness?Yes, destructionand violenceare beforeme; Strifeexistsand contentionarises.
For he knewthat becauseof envythey had handedHim over.
"They will makeyou outcasts from the synagogue,but an houris comingfor everyonewho killsyou to thinkthat he is offeringserviceto God.
But when the Jewssawthe crowds,they were filledwith jealousyand [began] contradictingthe things spokenby Paul,and were blaspheming.
"So then,I thoughtto myselfthat I hadto domany thingshostileto the nameof Jesusof Nazareth.
But the high priestroseup, alongwith allhis associates(that is the sectof the Sadducees),and they were filledwith jealousy.
"The patriarchsbecame jealousof Josephand soldhim into Egypt.[Yet] Godwas with him,
being filledwith allunrighteousness,wickedness,greed,evil;fullof envy,murder,strife,deceit,malice;[they are] gossips,
Let us behaveproperlyas in the day,not in carousingand drunkenness,not in sexual promiscuityand sensuality,not in strifeand jealousy.
But ifyou bear the name"Jew"and relyupon the Lawand boastin God,
but to thosewho are selfishly ambitiousand do not obeythe truth,but obeyunrighteousness,wrathand indignation.
Loveis patient,loveis kind[and] is not jealous;lovedoes not brag[and] is not arrogant,
for you are stillfleshly.For sincethere is jealousyand strifeamongyou, are you not fleshly,and are you not walkinglikemere men?
You have become arrogantand have not mournedinstead,sothat the one who had donethisdeedwould be removedfrom your midst.
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
For I am afraidthat perhapswhen I comeI may findyou to be not whatI wishand may be foundby you to be not whatyou wish;that perhaps[there will be] strife,jealousy,angry tempers,disputes,slanders,gossip,arrogance,disturbances;
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
idolatry,sorcery,enmities,strife,jealousy,outbursts of anger,disputes,dissensions,factions,
envying,drunkenness,carousing,and things likethese,of whichI forewarnyou, justas I have forewarnedyou, that thosewho practicesuch thingswill not inheritthe kingdomof God.
Let us not becomeboastful,challengingoneanother,envyingone another.
For thosewho are circumciseddo not evenkeepthe Lawthemselves,but they desireto have you circumcisedsothat they may boastin your flesh.
Some,to be sure,are preachingChristevenfrom envyand strife,but somealsofrom good will;
Do nothingfrom selfishnessorempty conceit,but with humility of mindregardone anotheras more importantthan yourselves;
whodesiresallmento be savedand to cometo the knowledgeof the truth.
he is conceited[and] understandsnothing;but he has a morbid interestin controversial questionsand disputes about words,out of whichariseenvy,strife,abusive language,evilsuspicions,
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
In the exercise of His willHe brought us forthby the wordof truth,sothat we would be a kindof first fruitsamong His creatures.
For wherejealousyand selfish ambitionexist, thereis disorderand everyevilthing.
My brethren,ifanyamongyou straysfrom the truthand oneturns him back,
