Ecclesiastes 4:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

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

Genesis 31:1

Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father's; and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth.”

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

because sometimes a man who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by a man who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

there was no end of all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.