What does the Bible say about jealousness?

15 verses about jealousness, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about jealousness

Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 8 votes
Exodus 34:14 — For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 7 votes
Proverbs 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 6 votes
1 Corinthians 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 6 votes
Galatians 5:19 — Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 6 votes
James 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 6 votes
Proverbs 27:4 — Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? 5 votes
Song of Solomon 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 5 votes
2 Corinthians 11:2 — For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 5 votes
Proverbs 6:34 — For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 4 votes
Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 4 votes
Romans 13:13 — Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 4 votes
1 Corinthians 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 4 votes
James 4:2 — Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 4 votes
Deuteronomy 4:24 — For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 3 votes

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Proverbs (3), Exodus (2), 1 Corinthians (2), James (2), Deuteronomy (1), Song of Solomon (1), Acts (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1)

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