What Does the Bible Say About Jealousy?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on jealousy
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Bible Verses About Jealousy
Proverbs 14:30
“A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.”
James 3:16
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.”
1 Corinthians 13:4
“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud.”
Galatians 5:26
“Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Proverbs 27:4
“Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”
1 Peter 2:1
“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.”
Proverbs 6:34
“For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.”
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