Ecclesiastes 4:4 (ESV) Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Galatians 5:26 (ESV) Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Proverbs 23:17-18 (ESV) 17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. 18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
"In jealousy there is more self-love than love." François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
