Bible Verses About Envy: Prosperity of the Wicked should not Excite

(A Psalm of David.) Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.