Bible Verses About Jealousy & Envy

“A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

“But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.”

“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

“Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.”

“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.”

“I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.”

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,”

“Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?”

“You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.”