Matthew 27:18

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For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

The women sang as they played, and said,
“Saul has slain his thousands,

And David his ten thousands.”

When they became envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is

vanity and striving after wind.

O Lord, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.

They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;

Indeed,

fire will devour Your enemies.

For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?