What scripture says
Bible verses about envy
Envy, Proverbs says, is rottenness to the bones, and the tenth commandment forbids coveting what belongs to another. These passages name envy plainly and point toward contentment and gratitude for what God has given.
Charity envieth not
1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Read it in its chapter →Where envying and strife is, there is confusion
James 3:14-16
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Read it in its chapter →Not desirous of vain glory, envying one another
Galatians 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Read it in its chapter →Envy the rottenness of the bones
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Read it in its chapter →Living in malice and envy
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read it in its chapter →Laying aside all malice, and envies
1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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