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- Love and Jealousy: What the Bible Says
Learn what Scripture teaches about overcoming envy, contentment, God's jealous love, dealing with jealousy, and holy jealousy.
- Bible Verses About Jealousy: 15 Scriptures
Bible verses about jealousy: 15 Scriptures on envy that corrodes, love that does not envy, and zeal that belongs to God—with plain notes.
- Bible Verses About Peace with God: 12
Bible verses about peace with God: 12 Scriptures on justification and reconciliation.
- Bible Verses About Envy: 12 Scriptures on Jealousy and Contentment
Bible verses about envy and jealousy: 12 Scriptures on wanting what others have, comparison, and learning contentment, with a short note on each.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6: Love Rejoices with the Truth
1 Corinthians 13:6 says love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Read the verse (NIV) and a plain reading.
- 1 John 3:18: Let Us Love with Actions and in Truth
1 John 3:18 means loving in deed and in truth, not words alone. Practical ways to show love with actions.
- 1 Peter 3:9: Do Not Repay Evil With Evil, but With Blessing
1 Peter 3:9 says, "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing." Read it (NIV, KJV), its context, and a plain reading.
- 1 Timothy 6:6: Godliness With Contentment Is Great Gain
1 Timothy 6:6 says, "But godliness with contentment is great gain." Read the verse (NIV, KJV), its context in 1 Timothy 6, and a plain reading.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:4 — Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy... Read the article
- Acts 7:9 — Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him. Read the article
- James 4:1-3 — What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight… Read the article
- Romans 13:13 — Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Read the article
- 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, dissensions, factions and envy… those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Read the article