1 Unto these men of holy lives was gathered a vast multitude of the elect, who through many indignities and tortures, being the victims of jealousy, set a brave example among ourselves. (1CL) 2 By reason of jealousy women being persecuted, after that they had suffered cruel and unholy insults as Danaids and Dircae, safely reached the goal in the race of faith, and received a noble reward, feeble though they were in body. (1CL) 3 Jealousy hath estranged wives from their husbands and changed the saying of our father Adam, This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. (1CL) 4 Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities and uprooted great nations. (1CL)
1 Clement 6:1–4
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1 Clement 5:1–3
1 But, to pass from the examples of ancient days, let us come to those champions who lived nearest to our time. Let us set before us the noble examples which belong to our generation. (1CL) 2 By reason of jealousy and envy the greatest and most righteous pillars of the… (1CL) 3 … (1CL)
Sirach 26:5–7
5 Of three things my heart was afraid, and concerning the fourth kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation. All these are more grievous than death. (WEB) 6 A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of anot… (WEB)
1 Clement 4:6–8
6 And Cain said unto Abel his brother, Let us go over unto the plain. And it came to pass, while they Were in the plain, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. (1CL) 7 Ye see, brethren, jealousy and envy wrought a brother's murder. (1CL) 8 By reason of jealousy… (1CL)
1 Clement 45:3–5
3 and ye know that nothing unrighteous or counterfeit is written in them. Ye will not find that righteous persons have been thrust out by holy men. (1CL) 4 Righteous men were persecuted, but it was by the lawless; they were imprisoned, but it was by the unholy. They wer… (1CL)
1 Clement 3:1–3
1 All glory and enlargement was given unto you, and that was fulfilled which is written My beloved ate and drank and was enlarged and waxed fat and kicked. (1CL) 2 Hence come jealousy and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and tumult, war and captivity. (1CL) 3 So men were s… (1CL)
4 Maccabees 13:26–27
26 For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them. (WEB) 27 And yet, although nature, companionship, and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love, those who were left endured to see their kindred, who were mistreated for their… (WEB)
2 Baruch 13:8–10
8 For how long? Thou wilt say to them: Ye who have drunk the strained wine, Drink ye also of its dregs, The judgement of the Lofty One Who has no respect of persons." (2BA) 9 On this account he had aforetime no mercy on His own sons, But afflicted them as His enemies, b… (2BA)
Job 5:1–3
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. 3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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