Genesis 31:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father, and he has produced all this wealth from our father’s property.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:43

So the man grew exceedingly prosperous, and he owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

Genesis 31:2

Jacob perceived, too, that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had previously been.

Genesis 31:43

Laban replied to Jacob: “The daughters are mine, their children are mine, and the flocks are mine; everything you see belongs to me. What can I do now for my own daughters and for the children they have borne?

Genesis 45:13

Tell my father all about my high position in Egypt and all that you have seen. But hurry and bring my father down here.”

Job 31:31

Had not the men of my tent exclaimed, “Who has not been filled with his meat!”

Psalm 17:14

Slay them with your sword; with your hand, Lord, slay them; snatch them from the world in their prime. Their bellies are being filled with your friends; their children are satisfied too, for they share what is left with their young.

Psalm 57:4

May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel, and wrath overwhelming, but before jealousy who can stand?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens its mouth beyond measure; Down into it go nobility and masses, tumult and revelry.

Jeremiah 9:23

But rather, let those who boast, boast of this, that in their prudence they know me, Know that I, the Lord, act with fidelity, justice, and integrity on earth. How I take delight in these—oracle of the Lord. False Circumcision.

Ezekiel 16:44

See, everyone who makes proverbs will make this proverb about you, “Like mother, like daughter.”

Matthew 4:8

Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,

1 Timothy 6:4

is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes. From these come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.

1 Peter 1:24

for: “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the field; the grass withers, and the flower wilts;