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When You Struggle with Comparison or Envy

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”
— Proverbs 14:30 (NIV)
“Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?”
— Matthew 20:15 (ESV)
“Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else.”
— Galatians 6:4 (NIV)
“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”
— Philippians 4:11 (NIV)
“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
— 1 Timothy 6:6 (NIV)
“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”
— Galatians 5:26 (NIV)
“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”
— James 3:16 (NIV)
“Love does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)