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Jealousy

Suspicion of a wife’s purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another’s honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14).

In the Bible

44

Verses where Jealousy is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Corinthians 3:3

    for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

  • 1 Kings 14:22

    And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:2

    I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

  • Acts 5:17

    Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

+38 more verses naming Jealousy.

Jealousy references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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