The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.'

Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?

"Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say; "let us throw off their control."

So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!

One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, "What fools you are!

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!"

Peter and John were still speaking to the people when some priests, the officer in charge of the Temple guards, and some Sadducees arrived.

They were annoyed because the two apostles were teaching the people that Jesus had risen from death, which proved that the dead will rise to life.

They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.

When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, "Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!"

(For the Sadducees say that people will not rise from death and that there are no angels or spirits; but the Pharisees believe in all three.)

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

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man named Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.

Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had abandoned him.

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.

To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

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

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

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

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

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."

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.