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

Job 5:2

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

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.

2 Corinthians 7:10

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

James 4:5

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

James 3:14

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

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?

Proverbs 14:30

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

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.

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.

John 4:8

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

John 4:3

He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

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.

Psalm 106:16

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

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?

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!”

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!”

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!”

Proverbs 30:16

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

1 Samuel 1:10

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