⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

³⁴ For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

⁹ And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

¹⁵ This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

¹⁶ For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

² For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

¹² 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.

⁵ Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

⁶ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

⁵ 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.