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Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.
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Genesis 37:11
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
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Job 5:2
Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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Job 3:11
“ Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
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John 4:8
( His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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Numbers 11:15
If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me— if I have found favor in your eyes— and do not let me face my own ruin.”
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Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying,“ A child is born to you— a son!”May that man be like the towns the Lord overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
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James 3:14
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
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Job 3:1-3
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.He said:“ May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said,‘ A boy is conceived!’
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1 Samuel 1 4-1 Samuel 1 8
Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.Her husband Elkanah would say to her,“ Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”
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1 Corinthians 3 3
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?
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James 4:5
Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?
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John 4:3
So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
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1 Kings 19 4
while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die.“ I have had enough, Lord,” he said.“ Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”
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Psalms 106:16
In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
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Job 3:20-22
“ Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
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2 Corinthians 7 10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
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Genesis 35:16-19
Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her,“ Don’t despair, for you have another son.”As she breathed her last— for she was dying— she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem).
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Galatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Numbers 11:29
But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
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Proverbs 14:30
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
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Job 13:19
Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.
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Titus 3:3
At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.