What Does the Bible Say About Envy?

Proverbs 14:30

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

James 3:16

“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”

Galatians 5:26

“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”

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?”

Proverbs 24:1

“Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;”

Proverbs 23:17

“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.”

Romans 13:13

“Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”