Wrathis fierceand angeris a flood,But whocan standbeforejealousy?
For jealousyenragesa man,And he will not sparein the dayof vengeance.
A tranquilheartis lifeto the body,But passionis rottennessto the bones.
"The patriarchsbecame jealousof Josephand soldhim into Egypt.[Yet] Godwas with him,
For he knewthat becauseof envythey had handedHim over.
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
not as Cain,[who] was of the eviloneand slewhis brother.And for whatreasondid he slayhim? Becausehis deedswere evil,and his brother'swere righteous.
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.
"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.
His brotherswere jealousof him, but his fatherkeptthe saying[in mind].
for he hadpossessionsof flocksand herdsand a greathousehold,so that the Philistinesenviedhim.
being filledwith allunrighteousness,wickedness,greed,evil;fullof envy,murder,strife,deceit,malice;[they are] gossips,
But the high priestroseup, alongwith allhis associates(that is the sectof the Sadducees),and they were filledwith jealousy.
A stoneis heavyand the sandweighty,But the provocationof a foolis heavierthanbothof them.
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.
Saullookedat Davidwith suspicionfrom that dayon.
