Job 5:2

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²Resentment^(A) kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.^(B)

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Psalm 37:1

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Psalm 37^[a]

Of David.

¹Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious^(A) of those who do wrong;^(B)

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Footnotes

Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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Proverbs 24:19-20

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Saying 29

¹⁹Do not fret^(A) because of evildoers
or be envious of the wicked,
²⁰for the evildoer has no future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.^(B)

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Ecclesiastes 4:4

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⁴And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.^(A)

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Galatians 5:26

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²⁶Let us not become conceited,^(A) provoking and envying each other.

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James 3:14-16

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¹⁴But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition^(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.^(B) ¹⁵Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven^(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.^(D) ¹⁶For where you have envy and selfish ambition,^(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.