Don’t envy bad people; don’t even want to be around
them.—Proverbs 24:1

We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who
can survive jealousy?—Proverbs 27:4

Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of
the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it
as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but
work out its implications in every detail of our lives.
That means we will not compare ourselves with each
other as if one of us were better and another worse. We
have far more interesting things to do with our lives.
Each of us is an original.—Galatians 5:25-26

Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or
get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone
ends up at the others’ throats.—James 3:16