"Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?"
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?