What Does the Bible Say About Jealousy?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on jealousy
圣经在许多地方谈到了嫉妒这个话题。嫉妒是一种负面情绪，经常与自私和不满相联系。圣经教导我们要远离嫉妒，因为它会带来争斗和不和。相反，圣经鼓励我们学会满足于自己所拥有的，珍惜他人的成就，以爱心和谦卑的态度对待他人。
Bible Verses About Jealousy
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.”
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.”
Proverbs 27:4
“Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?”
1 Peter 2:1
“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”
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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