Quotes about Envy
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
— Genesis 30:1
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
— Genesis 37:3
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
— Genesis 37:4
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
— Genesis 37:5
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
— Genesis 37:7
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
— Genesis 37:8
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
— Genesis 37:11
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
— Genesis 37:18
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
— Genesis 37:19
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
— Genesis 37:23
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
— Genesis 37:31
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
— Exodus 20:17