6 Bible Verses About Envy

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Featured Verse

The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

Bible Verses About Envy

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 26:14KJV

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 30:1KJV

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Genesis 37:20KJV

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Exodus 20:17KJV

The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

2 Samuel 12:2KJV

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

2 Samuel 14:25KJV

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