Bible Dictionary: Being Jealous

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Greek

5355. phthonos -- envy
... of sin; (figuratively) the miserable trait of being when someone experiences misfortune
or pain. 5355 ("the feeling of ") refers to the jealous envy that ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Proverbs 24:1
Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity braggs not itself, is not puffed up,
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Proverbs 3:31
Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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1 Peter 2:1-25
Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
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Library

The Covenant of an Everlasting Priesthood
... A reckless disregard of everything that would interfere with God's will and commands,
a being jealous with God's jealousy against sin, a witnessing and a ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the two covenants/chapter xv the covenant of.htm

But as yet by Faith and not by Sight...
... jealous, not for himself; because in the voice of Thy water-spouts, not in his own
voice, doth he call to that other depth, over whom being jealous he feareth ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xiii but as yet.htm

That the Renewal of Man is not Completed in this World.
... not for himself; because in the voice of Thy "waterspouts," [1237] not in his own
voice, doth he call on that other deep, for whom being jealous he feareth ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiii that the renewal of.htm

Letter xiv. --Abandonment in Trials.
... When God honours a soul by being jealous of its love, the greatest favour He can
confer upon it is to gradually deprive it of everything that could turn its ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter xiv abandonment in trials.htm

How God is Jealous of Us.
... and the other fears that she may not be loved enough;"yet in sooth she does not
precisely fear the not being loved enough, as other jealous persons do, who ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xiii how god is.htm

You have Therefore the Will of My God. ...
... But you will think that God must be found fault with, and that for being jealous,
if He has chosen to contend with a disease and to do good by imitating the ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter v you have therefore.htm

Among the Orderlies at the Castle was one David...
... Groping for light, he turned to the young David. Then first he learned that God,
being jealous, hated the image of everything that has the breath of life. ...
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Of the Perturbations of the Soul which Appear as Right Affections ...
... Gentiles; [703] being jealous over the Corinthians, and fearing in that jealousy
lest their minds should be corrupted from the chastity that is in Christ; [704 ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 9 of the perturbations of.htm

Also Because they did not Believe the Prophets, and Put them to ...
... to scatter you abroad; and ye have not hearkened unto me." [3826] Also in the third
book of the Kings, Elias saith unto the Lord: "In being jealous I have been ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/2 also because they did.htm

The Pure in Heart
... the finest and noblest parts of his character come out, but by copying his Father
in everything; that going where his Father sends him; being jealous of his ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xvi the pure in.htm