He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
James 4:5 - Revised Standard Version 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”? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.] American Standard Version (1901) Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? Common English Bible Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn’t God long for our faithfulness in the life he has given to us? Catholic Public Domain Version Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you? |
He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
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!”
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
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.
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.
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.
When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!
The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
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.
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.
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!”
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?
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),
And again another scripture says, “They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”
Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
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.”
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;
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.
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.”
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;