Genesis 31:1

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Genesis 31:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

2 And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

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Genesis 31:8

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Genesis 31:9

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Job 31:31

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Psalms 57:4

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Psalms 64:3

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Psalms 64:4

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

Psalms 120:3

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Psalms 120:4

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Psalms 120:5

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

Job 31:24

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

Psalms 17:14

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Psalms 49:16

Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

Psalms 49:17

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

1 Timothy 6:4

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1 Peter 1:24

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,