Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
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.
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers
If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked w
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of You
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—