Bible Verses about “jealous”
The Bible contains 18 verses about jealous across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;”
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
“¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.”
“I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.”
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.”
“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:”
“For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;”
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,”
“For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.”
“Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”
“(For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.”
“And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.”
“And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.”
“How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”