Topic
Jealousy
61 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 25:11ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
- Deuteronomy 32:16ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Deuteronomy 32:21ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- 1 Kings 14:22ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
- Psalms 78:58ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Psalms 79:5Easton · Nave Attributed to God
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Proverbs 6:34Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- Song of Songs 8:6Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
- Ezekiel 8:3ISBE · Nave Image of
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where…
- Ezekiel 16:42ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
- Ezekiel 23:25ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
- Ezekiel 36:5ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to…
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- Ezekiel 38:19 ISBE · Nave Attributed to God
- Zechariah 1:14 Easton · Nave Attributed to God
- 1 Corinthians 10:22 Easton · Nave Attributed to God
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- Genesis 4:5 Nave INSTANCES OF — Cain, of Abel
- Genesis 4:6 Nave INSTANCES OF — Cain, of Abel
- Genesis 4:8 Nave INSTANCES OF — Cain, of Abel
- Genesis 16:5 Nave INSTANCES OF — Sarah, of Hagar
- Genesis 37:4–11 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph's brothers, of Joseph
- Genesis 37:18–28 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph's brothers, of Joseph
- Exodus 20:5 Nave Attributed to God
- Exodus 34:13 Nave Attributed to God
- Exodus 34:14 Nave Attributed to God
- Numbers 5:11–31 ISBE
- Numbers 5:12–31 Nave Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife
- Numbers 5:14 Easton
- Deuteronomy 29:20 Nave Attributed to God
- Judges 8:1 Nave INSTANCES OF — Ephraimites, of Gideon
- Judges 12:1 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Jephthah
- 1 Samuel 18:8–30 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul, of David
- 1 Samuel 19:8–24 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul, of David
- 1 Samuel 20:24–34 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul, of David
- 2 Samuel 3:24–27 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joab, of Abner
- 2 Samuel 19:41–43 Nave INSTANCES OF — Sectional, between Israel and the tribe of Judah
- 1 Kings 1:24–26 Nave INSTANCES OF — Nathan, of Adonijah
- 1 Kings 19:10 ISBE
- 2 Kings 10:16 ISBE
- Proverbs 27:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 30:1 Nave Attributed to God
- Isaiah 30:2 Nave Attributed to God
- Isaiah 31:1 Nave Attributed to God
- Isaiah 31:3 Nave Attributed to God
- Ezekiel 8:4 Nave Image of
- Ezekiel 16:38 ISBE
- Ezekiel 36:6 Nave Attributed to God
- Zephaniah 1:18 Nave Attributed to God
- Zephaniah 3:8 Nave Attributed to God
- Zechariah 8:2 Nave Attributed to God
- Luke 15:25–32 Nave INSTANCES OF — The brother of the prodigal son
- Acts 7:9 ISBE
- Romans 10:2 ISBE
- Romans 10:19 Nave An envious spirit
- Romans 11:11 Nave An envious spirit
- Romans 13:13 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 3:3 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 ISBE
- James 3:14 ISBE
- James 3:16 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
Suspicion of a wife’s purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another’s honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 22 references
jel'-us-i (qin'ah; zelos): Doubtless, the root idea of both the Greek and the Hob translated "jealousy" is "warmth," "heat." Both are used in a good and a bad sense--to represent right and wrong passion.
When jealousy is attributed to God, the word is used in a good sense. The language is, of course, anthropomorphic; and it is based upon the feeling in a husband of exclusive right in his wife. God is conceived as having wedded Israel to Himself, and as claiming, therefore, exclusive devotion. Disloyalty on the part of Israel is represented as adultery, and as provoking God to jealousy. See, e.g., De 32:16,21; 1Ki 14:22; Ps 78:58; Eze 8:3; 16:38,42; 23:25; 36:5; 38:19.
When jealousy is attributed to men, the sense is sometimes good, and sometimes bad. In the good sense, it refers to an ardent concern for God's honor. See, e.g., Nu 25:11 (compare 1Ki 19:10; 2Ki 10:16); 2Co 11:2 (compare Ro 10:2). In the bad sense it is found in Ac 7:9; Ro 13:13; 1Co 3:3; 2Co 12:20; Jas 3:14,16.
The "law of jealousy" is given in Nu 5:11-31. It provided that, when a man suspected his wife of conjugal infidelity, an offering should be brought to the priest, and the question of her guilt or innocence should be subjected to a test there carefully prescribed. The test was intended to be an appeal to God to decide the question at issue.
E. J. Forrester
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 49 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Pr 6:34; 27:4; Ec 4:4; So 8:6
- → Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife Nu 5:12-31
- → Image of Eze 8:3,4
- → Attributed to God Ex 20:5; 34:13,14; Nu 25:11; De 29:20; 32:16,21; 1Ki 14:22; Ps 78:58; 79:5; Isa 30:1,2; 31:1,3; Eze 16:42; 23:25; 36:5,6; 38:19; Zep 1:18; 3:8; Zec 1:14; 8:2; 1Co 10:22
- → See ANTHROPOMORPHISMS
- → An envious spirit Ro 10:19; 11:11
- → See EMULATION
- → See ENVY
- → FIGURATIVE 2Co 11:2
- → INSTANCES OF
- Cain, of Abel Ge 4:5,6,8
- Sarah, of Hagar Ge 16:5
- Joseph's brothers, of Joseph Ge 37:4-11,18-28
- Saul, of David 1Sa 18:8-30; 19:8-24; 20:24-34
- Joab, of Abner 2Sa 3:24-27
- Nathan, of Adonijah 1Ki 1:24-26
- Ephraimites, of Gideon Jud 8:1
- Of Jephthah Jud 12:1
- The brother of the prodigal son Lu 15:25-32
- Sectional, between Israel and the tribe of Judah 2Sa 19:41-43
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.