He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, ‘Give me children, or I’ll die!’

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

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

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

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the  Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the  Lord your God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Do not worship any other god, for the  Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

(for you shall worship no other god, for the  Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure – or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure –

and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself,

or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to make her stand before the  Lord and is to apply this entire law to her.

or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the  Lord, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law.

But Moses replied, ‘Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the  Lord’s people were prophets and that the  Lord would put his Spirit on them!’

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the  Lord’s people were prophets, that the  Lord would put his Spirit on them!”

‘Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honour among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.

He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honour of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.’

and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

For the  Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

For the  Lord your God is a consuming fire a jealous God.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the  Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the  Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

for the  Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.

for the  Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God— lest the anger of the  Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

They made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with their detestable idols.

They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.

They made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

They have made me jealous with what is no god;
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the  Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the  Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.)

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

Judah did evil in the eyes of the  Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done.

And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the  Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the  Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.’

He said, “I have been very jealous for the  Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the  Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.’

He said, “I have been very jealous for the  Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!

For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was envious of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.

In the camp they grew envious of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the  Lord.

When men in the camp were jealous of Moses
and Aaron, the holy one of the  Lord,

Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.

Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the  Lord.

Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the  Lord all the day.

Do not envy the wicked,
do not desire their company;

Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them,

Do not fret because of evildoers
or be envious of the wicked,

Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not envious of the wicked,

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile towards Ephraim.

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
in the garden of God.

I made it beautiful
in the mass of its branches,
and all the trees of Eden envied it,
that were in the garden of God.

‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign  Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

“Therefore thus says the Lord  God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Then the  Lord was jealous for his land
and took pity on his people.

Then the  Lord became jealous for his land
and had pity on his people.

The  Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the  Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The  Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.

The  Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the  Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the  Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and keeps wrath for his enemies.

Then the angel who was speaking to me said, ‘Proclaim this word: this is what the  Lord Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

So the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the  Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.

This is what the  Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.’

“Thus says the  Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.