Genesis 30:1
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30 When Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”
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Job 5:2
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2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
Genesis 37:11
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11 And (A)his brothers were jealous of him, (B)but his father kept the saying in mind.
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Genesis 29:31
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Jacob's Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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James 4:5
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5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (A)that he has made to dwell in us”?
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James 3:14
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14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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2 Corinthians 7:10
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10 For (A)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas (B)worldly grief produces death.
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Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)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.
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Galatians 5:21
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21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (A)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
- Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing
1 Corinthians 3:3
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3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (A)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
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John 4:8
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8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
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John 4:3
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3 he left Judea and departed (A)again for Galilee.
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Jeremiah 20:14-18
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14 (A)Cursed be the day
on which I was born!
The day when my mother bore me,
let it not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
“A son is born to you,”
(B)making him very glad.
16 Let that man be like (C)the cities
that the Lord overthrew without pity;
(D)let him hear a cry in the morning
and an alarm at noon,
17 (E)because he did not kill me in the womb;
so my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb forever great.
18 (F)Why did I come out from the womb
(G)to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
Ecclesiastes 4:4
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4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is (A)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)
Proverbs 14:30
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- Proverbs 14:30 Or healing
- Proverbs 14:30 Or jealousy
Psalm 106:16
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Job 13:19
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19 (A)Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (A)the bitter in soul,
21 who (B)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (C)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
Job 3:11
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11 “Why (A)did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
Job 3:1-3
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Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (A)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 (B)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. (A)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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1 Samuel 1:4-8
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4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, (A)he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a] 6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. 8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? (B)Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
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- 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb
Numbers 11:29
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29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? (A)Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
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Numbers 11:15
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15 If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
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Genesis 35:16-19
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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[a] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for (A)you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[b] (B)but his father called him Benjamin.[c] 19 So (C)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (D)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
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- Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
- Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand
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