Judges 8:1

The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.

Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” says Yahweh.

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have creditd David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”

All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.

When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

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

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’

Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.”

“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?

For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.