James 4:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose, “He jealously desires the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

for he had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 30:1

Now when Rachel saw that she had not borne Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I am going to die.”

Genesis 37:11

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

Genesis 38:9

Now Onan knew that the child would not be his; so when he had relations with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground so that he would not give a child to his brother.

Genesis 6:5

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Psalm 106:16

¶When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

Psalm 37:1

Do not get upset because of evildoers, Do not be envious of wrongdoers.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

Isaiah 11:13

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be eliminated; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

Numbers 11:29

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? If only all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

Numbers 23:19

“God is not a man, that He would lie, Nor a son of man, that He would change His mind; Has He said, 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 nullified),

John 19:37

And again another Scripture says, “They will look at Him whom they pierced.”

John 7:42

Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

Romans 1:29

people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

2 Corinthians 6:16

Or what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Galatians 3:8

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.