Top 25 Bible Verses About Envy (ESV)

14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

30   A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,
    but envy makes the bones rot.

17   Let not your heart envy sinners,
    but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

2:1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

24:1   Be not envious of evil men,
    nor desire to be with them,

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

19   Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
    and be not envious of the wicked,

4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

11   A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
    but a wise man quietly holds it back.

11 therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.

7   Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

4   Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?

10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

31   Do not envy a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

4 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.