The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers themselves were gathered against the Lord and against His Christ.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?

Let us break and tear away their bonds, and cast away their cords from us.

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? For this Man performs many signs.

And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,

But the chief priests took counsel to put Lazarus to death also,

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Behold, the world has gone after Him!

Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the temple commander, and the Sadducees came near them,

being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!

For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection; and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.

But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the baser sort from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and came upon the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, but had departed from Saul.

And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and Jehovah was with him.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

For anger kills a foolish man, and jealousy slays a simple one.

A sound heart is life to the flesh, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overflowing; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Again, I considered all labor, and every successful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.

For he knew that they had delivered Him over because of envy.

envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But if you have bitter envy and contention in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

For where envy and contention exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns to envy?

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,