15 Bible Verses About Jealousness

Exodus 20:5

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You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 34:14

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For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

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for you shall worship no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Proverbs 14:30

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

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A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

1 Corinthians 3:3

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for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

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For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

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for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

Galatians 5:19–21

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19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; 20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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19Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

James 3:14–16

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14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. 15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

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14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. 15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Proverbs 27:4

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

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Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

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Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Song of Solomon 8:6

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Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 11:2

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I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

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For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Proverbs 6:34

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For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

Acts 7:9

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Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him

Romans 13:13

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Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

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Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

1 Corinthians 13:4

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

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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

James 4:2–3

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2You 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. 3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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2You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. 3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Deuteronomy 4:24

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For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

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For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

15 Bible Verses About Jealousness

Exodus 20:5

Exodus 34:14

Proverbs 14:30

1 Corinthians 3:3

Galatians 5:19–21

James 3:14–16

Proverbs 27:4

Song of Solomon 8:6

2 Corinthians 11:2

Proverbs 6:34

Acts 7:9

Romans 13:13

1 Corinthians 13:4

James 4:2–3

Deuteronomy 4:24

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