What Does the Bible Say About Jealousy?

Exodus 20:5

“You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,”

Proverbs 14:30

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

1 Corinthians 13:4

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

Galatians 5:26

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

James 3:14-16

“But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”

1 Peter 2:1

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”

Proverbs 27:4

“Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”