Genesis 31:1
"And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory."
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4
"Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 31:8
"If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 5:14
"Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 64:3
"Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 120:3
"What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 16:44
"Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter."
Read in chapter → - Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;"
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 6:4
"He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 57:4
"My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:30
"A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones."
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