Wrathis fierceand angeris a flood,But whocan standbeforejealousy?
for he hadpossessionsof flocksand herdsand a greathousehold,so that the Philistinesenviedhim.
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.
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
A tranquilheartis lifeto the body,But passionis rottennessto the bones.
A stoneis heavyand the sandweighty,But the provocationof a foolis heavierthanbothof them.
For jealousyenragesa man,And he will not sparein the dayof vengeance.
"Putme like a sealoveryour heart,Like a sealon your arm.For loveis as strongas death,Jealousyis as severeas Sheol;Its flashesare flashesof fire,The [very] flameof the LORD.
For he knewthat becauseof envythey had handedHim over.
But the Jews,becoming jealousand taking alongsomewickedmenfrom the market place,formed a moband setthe cityin an uproar;and attackingthe houseof Jason,they were seekingto bringthem out to the people.
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,
not as Cain,[who] was of the eviloneand slewhis brother.And for whatreasondid he slayhim? Becausehis deedswere evil,and his brother'swere righteous.
Saullookedat Davidwith suspicionfrom that dayon.
