Bible verses about Envy
Verses about jealousy and the harm of comparing ourselves with others.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4I 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.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Romans 13:13for 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?
1 Corinthians 3:3and 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.
Galatians 5:21Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
1 Peter 2:1But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
James 3:14For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
James 3:16Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:4Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 3:31For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:3until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Psalms 73:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 23:17Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Proverbs 24:1Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:19Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Galatians 5:26greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
Mark 7:22Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
Psalms 49:16For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Titus 3:3