Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly a
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to
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.