Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'envy' occurs 25 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'envy' in the standard works and contain 16% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 10 0 10
Job 1 0 1
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 10 7 17
BM 4 10 14
DC 1 1 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 18 43

Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Prov. 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Prov. 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Prov. 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Prov. 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Eccl. 9:6
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Isa. 11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Isa. 26:11
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

Ezek. 35:11
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.