Jealousy is a complex emotion that can affect relationships and lives deeply. The Bible offers a wealth of wisdom on this topic, providing guidance and reflections that help individuals navigate through feelings of envy and jealousy. This article delves into various biblical quotes about jealousy, divided into ten thematic sections. Each section is designed to offer a distinct perspective on jealousy, encouraging self-reflection and growth. From understanding the root of jealousy to applying biblical teachings in daily life, these quotes aim to offer spiritual insight and comfort. The essence of these teachings is to inspire readers to seek inner peace and foster healthier relationships. As you explore each quote, may you find wisdom and encouragement to overcome jealousy, embrace love, and practice compassion.
Quotes on Understanding Jealousy
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice." - James 3:16
"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." - Proverbs 14:30
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." - 1 Corinthians 13:4
"Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another." - Galatians 5:26
"But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and deny the truth." - James 3:14
"For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge." - Proverbs 6:34
"Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong." - Psalm 37:1
"Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." - Galatians 5:21
"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD." - Proverbs 23:17
"Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple." - Job 5:2
"Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?" - Proverbs 27:4
"But envy and anger shorten the life, and anxiousness brings age before the time." - Sirach 30:24
Quotes on Overcoming Jealousy
"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day." - Proverbs 23:17
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind." - 1 Peter 2:1
"Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy." - Romans 13:13
"Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!" - Psalm 37:1
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice." - James 3:16
"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth." - James 3:13-14
"But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go, and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock." - Deuteronomy 12:5-6
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." - Colossians 3:12-13
"A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones." - Proverbs 14:30
"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame." - Song of Solomon 8:6
"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." - Proverbs 10:12
"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
Quotes on Jealousy in Relationships
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." - 1 Corinthians 13:4
"For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge." - Proverbs 6:34
"Jealousy is like a cruel grave; its coals are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame." - Song of Solomon 8:6
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." - Proverbs 15:17
"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." - Proverbs 4:23
"Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out." - Proverbs 10:9
"Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law." - James 4:11
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." - 1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." - Philippians 2:4
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." - Romans 13:10
"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." - Proverbs 15:1
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." - Romans 12:21
Quotes on Inner Peace and Jealousy
"A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot." - Proverbs 14:30
"The wicked envies the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit." - Proverbs 12:12
"Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner." - Proverbs 13:6
"For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world." - 1 Timothy 6:7
"Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." - Colossians 3:2
"Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." - Proverbs 11:4
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise." - Proverbs 11:30
"Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." - Proverbs 11:4
"Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool." - Proverbs 19:1
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." - Matthew 6:33
"A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones." - Proverbs 14:30
"Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take." - Proverbs 3:6
Quotes from Parables on Jealousy
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.'" - Matthew 20:13-14
"Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing." - Luke 15:25
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light." - Matthew 6:22
"What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?" - James 4:1
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand." - Mark 3:24
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in abundance of counselors, there is safety." - Proverbs 11:14
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." - Philippians 4:6
"He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor." - 1 Corinthians 3:8
"But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called 'today,' that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." - Hebrews 3:13
"For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself." - Galatians 6:3
"The wall was built and the doors installed; the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed." - Nehemiah 7:1
Quotes on Forgiveness and Jealousy
"And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." - Matthew 6:12
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." - Ephesians 4:32
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9
"Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." - Colossians 3:13
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." - John 15:12
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." - John 14:27
"And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." - Mark 11:25
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Matthew 5:9
"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." - Matthew 6:14
"Then Peter came up and said to him, 'Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?' Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.'" - Matthew 18:21-22
"Hatred is covered by deceit, but his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation." - Proverbs 26:26
"But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." - Matthew 5:44
Quotes on Contentment and Jealousy
"But godliness with contentment is great gain." - 1 Timothy 6:6
"I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need." - Philippians 4:12
"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content." - Philippians 4:11
"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" - Hebrews 13:5
"Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it." - Proverbs 15:16
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." - Matthew 6:33
"But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of it." - 1 Timothy 6:6-7
"Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." - Proverbs 11:4
"Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife." - Proverbs 17:1
"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness." - Psalm 37:3
"A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor." - Proverbs 29:23
"A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones." - Proverbs 14:30
Quotes on Love and Jealousy
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude." - 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." - Proverbs 10:12
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13
"We love because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:19
"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave." - Song of Solomon 8:6
"Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." - 1 Corinthians 13:1
"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8
"And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." - Colossians 3:14
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." - 1 John 4:7
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." - John 15:12
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." - John 13:35
Quotes on Wisdom Against Jealousy
"But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere." - James 3:17
"Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth." - Proverbs 4:5
"For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul." - Proverbs 2:10
"Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding." - Proverbs 3:13
"How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver." - Proverbs 16:16
"My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed." - Proverbs 23:15
"Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good." - Ecclesiastes 9:18
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered." - Proverbs 28:26
"Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time." - Colossians 4:5
"For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." - Proverbs 2:6
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight." - Proverbs 9:10
"By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established." - Proverbs 24:3
Quotes About God’s Plan And Jealousy
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding." - Proverbs 3:5
"The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent." - Exodus 14:14
"In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps." - Proverbs 16:9
"Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established." - Proverbs 16:3
"The mind of a man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps." - Proverbs 16:9
"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand." - Proverbs 19:21
"It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." - Deuteronomy 31:8
"The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way." - Psalm 37:23
"The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps." - Proverbs 16:9
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." - Ephesians 2:10
"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." - Matthew 6:34
Final words
Jealousy is an emotion that all humans experience, sometimes shaking the very foundations of relationships and life. Through the lens of biblical teachings, we can learn that jealousy is countered by love, wisdom, and understanding. The Bible illustrates that this emotion can corrupt and consume, but it also offers pathways to transcend such feelings through inner peace, contentment, and forgiveness. Each scriptural quote serves as a guide, encouraging individuals to focus on love, seek wisdom, and follow God’s plans. By embracing this wisdom, individuals can find solace and strength to navigate jealousy healthily. Whether in the context of relationships or personal growth, these teachings remind us of the power of love, the necessity of wisdom, and the significance of forgiveness as spiritual tools against jealousy. In embracing these lessons, may we find lasting peace and fulfillment, fostering a life oriented around compassion and understanding, devoid of jealousy’s shadows.
