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.
“you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,”
“You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.”
“The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.”
“Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.”
“"I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.”
“Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?”
“for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?”
“For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.”
“for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
“For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.”
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.”
“you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;”
“For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.”
“Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?”
“for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.”
“Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.”
“Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.”
“How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?”