Quotes About Rivalry

but Yakima beat him to it.

Why the Jews? Because an ancient tradition of blaming them for disasters, both present and prospective, a tradition deeply rooted in religious rivalry and superstition, persisted into the modern world and even assumed new forms during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

One way of understanding what followed is to recall that Jews were the people who said no. Offered a new form of relationship with God, they said they preferred the one they had, and this rejection set off several hundred years of rivalry and mutual recrimination, as the two groups competed for followers until the fourth century of the common era, when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire and thus seemed to win the battle.

And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was Davidís enemy.

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

If I have rejoiced in my enemyís ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.