What are some Bible verses about envy?

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Proverbs 14:30  

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.  
  

Exodus 34:14  

(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),  
  

Proverbs 23:17  

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.  
  

Galatians 5:26  

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  
  

Galatians 5:19\-21  

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  
  

James 3:16  

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.  
  

1 Peter 2:1  

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.  
  

1 Corinthians 13:4  

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant  
  

Proverbs 24:1  

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,  
  

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 others and hating one another.  
  

Mark 7:20\-23  

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”  
  

1 Timothy 6:4  

He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,  
  

Proverbs 24:19  

Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,  
  

Proverbs 27:4  

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

Romans 1:29  

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,  
  

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.  
  

Job 5:2  

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.  
  

1 Corinthians 3:3  

For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?  
  

Mark 15:10  

For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.  
  

Ezekiel 35:11  

Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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