James 3:14
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14 But if you have (A)bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, (B)do not boast and lie against the truth.
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- James 3:14 selfish ambition
James 3:16
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16 For (A)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
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1 Corinthians 13:4
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4 (A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up;
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- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
Philippians 2:3
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3 (A)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (B)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
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Romans 13:13
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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
2 Corinthians 12:20
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20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that (A)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;
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1 Corinthians 3:3
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3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and [a]behaving like mere men?
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- 1 Corinthians 3:3 Lit. walking according to man
Philippians 1:15
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15 Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:
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1 Peter 2:1-2
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 (B)as newborn babes, desire the pure (C)milk of the word, that you may grow [a]thereby,
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- 1 Peter 2:2 NU adds up to salvation
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