Bible Verses about “emulation”
The Bible contains 50 verses about emulation across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;”
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”
“¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”
“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”
“For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.”
“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”
“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
“So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.”
“So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”
“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:”
“¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].”
“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.”
“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”
“¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:”
“For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.”
“Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.”
“Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.”
“My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:”
“She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.”
“For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.”
“Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.”
“¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:”
“¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.”
“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”
“She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.”
“The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.”
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”
“For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.”
“Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.”
“Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.”
“Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.”
“For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.”
“So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.”
“Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.”
“The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.”
“The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.”
“By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”
“¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.”
“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.”
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
“And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:”
“And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.”
“And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”
“And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.”
“And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?”