Then Abel brought the first lamb born to one of his sheep, killed it, and gave the best parts of it as an offering. The LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why that scowl on your face?

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out in the fields." When they were out in the fields, Cain turned on his brother and killed him.

and this is the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

He said, "Listen to the dream I had.

"Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.

He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?"

Saul did not like this, and he became very angry. He said, "For David they claim tens of thousands, but only thousands for me. They will be making him king next!"

And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.

and was successful in all he did, because the LORD was with him.

But everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he was such a successful leader.

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, "The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires."

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

There may be no limit to the number of people a king rules; when he is gone, no one will be grateful for what he has done. It is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn't had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn't right!

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.

The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off.

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.