Proverbs 14:30
New Living Translation
30 A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body;
jealousy is like cancer in the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 12:4
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4 A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.
Proverbs 3:8
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8 Then you will have healing for your body
and strength for your bones.
Job 5:2
New Living Translation
2 Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
Romans 1:29
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29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
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Psalm 119:80
New Living Translation
80 May I be blameless in keeping your decrees;
then I will never be ashamed.
Psalm 112:10
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10 The wicked will see this and be infuriated.
They will grind their teeth in anger;
they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.
James 4:5
New Living Translation
5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[a]
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- 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
2 Timothy 1:7
New Living Translation
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
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Acts 7:9
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9 “These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
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