Bible Verses About Jealousness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.”

“For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.”

“And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.”

“Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?”

“And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?” And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.”

“And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.”

“Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?”