Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.

And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, "The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires."

But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die."

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children."

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.

To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

The kingdom of Israel will not be jealous of Judah any more, and Judah will not be the enemy of Israel.

Why do you make me see such trouble? How can you stand to look on such wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are all around me, and there is fighting and quarreling everywhere.

He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

Then the High Priest and all his companions, members of the local party of the Sadducees, became extremely jealous of the apostles; so they decided to take action.

"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day---no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?

Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;

I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.

But if you act like wild animals, hurting and harming each other, then watch out, or you will completely destroy one another.

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.

Of course some of them preach Christ because they are jealous and quarrelsome, but others from genuine good will.

Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.

is swollen with pride and knows nothing. He has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words, and this brings on jealousy, disputes, insults, evil suspicions,

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.

What about you? You call yourself a Jew; you depend on the Law and boast about God;

You boast about having God's law---but do you bring shame on God by breaking his law?

If you obey the Law, your circumcision is of value; but if you disobey the Law, you might as well never have been circumcised.

And so you Jews will be condemned by the Gentiles because you break the Law, even though you have it written down and are circumcised; but they obey the Law, even though they are not physically circumcised.

Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings.

Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?

Do you already have everything you need? Are you already rich? Have you become kings, even though we are not? Well, I wish you really were kings, so that we could be kings together with you.

How, then, can you be proud? On the contrary, you should be filled with sadness, and the man who has done such a thing should be expelled from your fellowship.

It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, "A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."

Even those who practice circumcision do not obey the Law; they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you submitted to this physical ceremony.

saying, "Come with me and see for yourself how devoted I am to the LORD." And they rode on together to Samaria.

But Jehu did not obey with all his heart the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel; instead, he followed the example of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin.

You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.

"I myself thought that I should do everything I could against the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.