Bible Verses About Envy

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant,
nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."
Exodus 20:17 (KJV)

"Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple."
Job 5:2 (NLT)

"Don’t worry about the wickedor envy those who do wrong."
Psalm 37:1 (NLT)

"Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways."
Proverbs 3:31 (ESV)

"A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,but envy makes the bones rot."
Proverbs 14:31 ESV)

"Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day."
Proverbs 23:17 (ESV)

"Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them"
Proverbs 24:1 (ESV)

"Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind."
Ecclesiastes 4:4 (ESV)

"For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean’."
Mark 7:21-23 (NIV)

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant."
1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV)