Genesis 30:1

New King James Version

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!”

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Job 13:19

Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.

Job 3:11

“Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

Job 5:2

For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.

Psalm 106:16

When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 30:16

The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water— And the fire never says, “Enough!”

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Numbers 11:15

If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!”

Numbers 11:29

Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

John 4:3

He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

John 4:8

For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

James 4:5

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.