Bible Verses About Vexation

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.