Quotes about Jealousy
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
— Mark 15:10
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
— Zechariah 8:2
Today you will envy the blessings of another, or you will bask in the wonder of the amazing grace you have been given.
— Paul David Tripp
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
— James 4:2
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
— Genesis 29:17
He that is jealous is not in love.
— St. Augustine
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
— Deuteronomy 6:15
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
— Deuteronomy 21:15
When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was
— Samuel Johnson
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
— Genesis 16:4
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
— Genesis 4:5
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
— Genesis 37:7