What does the Bible say about emulation?

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• Galatians 5:20

  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

• Romans 11:14

  if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

• Hebrews 10:24

  Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

• Genesis 30:1-24

  [1] When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die." [2] Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" [3] She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her." [4] She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. [5] Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. [6] Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan. [7] Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. [8] Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. [9] When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. [10] Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son. [11] Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad. [12] Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son. [13] Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher. [14] Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." [15] She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes." [16] Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night. [17] God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. [18] Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar. [19] Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. [20] Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun. [21] Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah. [22] God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. [23] She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach." [24] She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

• Proverbs 3:1-35

  [1] My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments: [2] For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you. [3] Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. [4] So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man. [5] Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. [6] In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths. [7] Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. [8] It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones. [9] Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase: [10] So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. [11] My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof: [12] For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. [13] Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding. [14] For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold. [15] She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. [16] Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. [17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. [18] She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. [19] By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. [20] By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. [21] My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion: [22] So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck. [23] Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble. [24] When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. [25] Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes: [26] For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken. [27] Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it. [28] Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you. [29] Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you. [30] Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. [31] Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. [32] For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright. [33] Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous. [34] Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble. [35] The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.

• Romans 10:19

  But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."

• Romans 11:11

  I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

• 1 Corinthians 3:3

  for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?

• Deuteronomy 32:21

  They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

• Acts 13:45

  But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

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