Quotes related to 1 Corinthians 13:4
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
— Genesis 30:1
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
— Genesis 30:15
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
— Genesis 37:4
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
— Genesis 37:11
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
— Ruth 4:15
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
— 1 Samuel 18:8
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
— 1 Samuel 18:9
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
— 2 Samuel 12:3
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
— Psalm 52:1
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
— Proverbs 24:19
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
— Proverbs 27:4
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
— Song of Solomon 2:9