James 4:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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”?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

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

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Genesis 37:11

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

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord 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.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Psalm 106:16

When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

Psalm 37:1

Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

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.

Isaiah 11:13

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

Numbers 11:29

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!”

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

John 10:35

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),

John 19:37

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

John 7:42

Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Acts 7:9

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

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

Romans 9:17

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own;

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;