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Acts 5:17

Envy and jealousy

15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

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BSB
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
KJV
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
WEB
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
ASV
But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
DARBY
And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
BLB
But the high priest, having risen up, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy,
ÅB
Da sto ypperstepresten opp og alle de som holdt med ham, det var sadduseernes parti, og de ble fulle av nidkjærhet
OTB
Da ble ypperstepresten og alle hans tilhengere, som var medlemmer av saddukeerne, fylt med misunnelse.
B1930
Da stod ypperstepresten op og alle de som holdt med ham, det var sadduseernes parti, og de blev fulle av nidkjærhet

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  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

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  • Acts 7:9

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

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  • Acts 17:5

    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

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  • 1 Peter 2:1

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

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  • John 12:10

    So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

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  • John 11:47–49

    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

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  • Job 5:2

    For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

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  • Proverbs 27:4

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

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