James 4:5

New Messianic Version Bible

Do you2f think that the scripture says in vain, The Spirit [Ruach] that dwells in us lusts to envy?

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement has the temple of God-The Father with idols? for you2f are the temple of the living God-The Father; as God-The Father has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God-The Father, and they shall be my people.

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know you2f not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh] [which is] in you, which you2f have of God-The Father, and you2f are not your own?

Numbers 11:29

And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto him, Envy youi for my sake? would God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] that all the Lord-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] people were prophets, [and] that the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) would put his spirit upon them!

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving different lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.

Psalm 37:1

Be troubled (be grieved; be displeased) not yourself because of evildoers, neither be youi envious against the workers of iniquity.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) smelled a soothing aroma; and the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’ sake; for the imagination of man’s heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more everything living, as I have done.

Genesis 37:11

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel (ewe) saw that she bore Ya’akov (he who holds onto the heel of) no children, Rachel (ewe) envied her sister; and said unto Ya’akov (he who holds onto the heel of), Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 26:14

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the P’lishtim (wanderers) envied him.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD-Yehōvihh [THE FATHER] saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God-The Father would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel (joyful message) unto Avraham [Exalted Father], [saying], In youi shall all nations be Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous).

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Yosef [God will add] into Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place]: but God-The Father was with him,

John 10:35

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God-The Father came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and anguish of spirit.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.

Psalm 106:16

They envied Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] also in the camp, [and] Aharon [Bright, Very High] the saint of the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Romans 9:17

For the scripture says unto Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House], Even for this same purpose have I raised youi up, that I might show my power in youi, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

Isaiah 11:13

The jealousy also of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] shall depart, and the adversaries of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] shall be cut off: Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] shall not envy Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] shall not provoke Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful].

John 19:37

And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

John 7:42

Has not the scripture said, That Moshiach [Messiah] comes of the seed of David [Beloved], and out of the town of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], where David [Beloved] was?

Numbers 23:19

God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the Son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do [it]? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Genesis 38:9

And Onan (strong; pain, force, iniquity) knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.