Envious/Jealous
noun
a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
Similar:
jealousy, enviousness, covetousness, desire, resentment, resentfulness, bitterness, discontent, spite, the green-eyed monster
Opposite: generosity
verb
desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else).
Similar: be envious of, be jealous of, begrudge, grudge, be resentful of
Opposite: be glad for
Scripture Study for Envy/Jealousy
Look bellow for Bible references about Envy/Jealousy:
Proverbs 14:30
"A peaceful mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones."
Ecclesiastes 4:4:
"Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind."
Galatians 5:19-21
"The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, outbreaks of anger, and dissension. I warn you as I did before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Proverbs 27:4:
"Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?"
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 boasting is not the wisdom that comes from above; it is not from God. It is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. Where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil practice."
Proverbs 6:34:
"For jealousy makes a husband very angry, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge."
Galatians 5:26:
"Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."
“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
"Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple."