The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived."

We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given.

And there is another scripture that says, "People will look at him whom they pierced."

For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, "I made you king in order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the whole world."

The scripture predicted that God would put the Gentiles right with himself through faith. And so the scripture announced the Good News to Abraham: "Through you God will bless all people."

but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.

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

When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

The odor of the sacrifice pleased the LORD, and he said to himself, "Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.

Because he had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him.

But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die."

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

Moses answered, "Are you concerned about my interests? I wish that the LORD would give his spirit to all his people and make all of them shout like prophets!"

Don't be worried on account of the wicked; don't be jealous of those who do wrong.

There in the desert they were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the LORD's holy servant.

Wicked people are always hungry for evil; they have no mercy on anyone.

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.

The kingdom of Israel will not be jealous of Judah any more, and Judah will not be the enemy of Israel.

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

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.