Top 14 Bible Verses About Envy

Envy is that green-eyed monster that can get all of us, so in order to avoid being envious, here are the top 14 Bible verses about envy found in Scripture.

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So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

- 1 Peter 2:1

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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.

- Titus 3:3

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

- Proverbs 23:17

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

- Mark 15:10

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

- Mark 7:20-23

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Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

- Proverbs 24:19-20

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Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

- Proverbs 24:1-2

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

- James 3:16

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

- Galatians 5:26

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Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.

- Proverbs 3:31-32

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Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 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.

- Galatians 5:19-21

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Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.

- Proverbs 24:17-18

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

- 1 Corinthians 13:4

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

- Proverbs 14:30

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Total Quotes Found: 14

If you feel envy building up in your heart, please re-read these top 14 Bible verses about envy, in the hopes that it’ll stop envy in its tracks, and please share these with someone else who also struggles with envy.