When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walkin
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD wou
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all h
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not i
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
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.
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die.
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and h