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index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Without question, jealousy and envy impede our growth to spiritual maturity.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ While jealousy can be positive, envy, on the other hand, always has a bad meaning.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is defined as "a feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by another's desirable possessions or qualities, accompanied by a strong desire to have them for oneself."^13
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ That's a classic symptom of envy--it is insatiable.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Like many other emotions, envy is a symptom of other, underlying issues that need to be resolved.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Les Carter includes these examples as sources of envy: being overly concerned with personal rights, taking other people's success personally, desiring selfish gain, yearning for status and achievement, and an inability to share.^15 Let's take a closer look at each of these sources.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy can rear its ugly head, and you'll find yourself resenting every success the other person has.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Harboring envy keeps us from hungering for God's Word, and God's Word is vital for us to continue to grow spiritually.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ By making a choice of the will then asking God to empower us, we can decide to overcome envy or jealousy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is rooted in selfishness.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ But this is still incomplete because envy does not function in a vacuum.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is stirred up by comparing what we want but do not have with what others have.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The hallmark of envy, its distinguishing feature, is oriented to this personal comparative aspect.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy lies behind enmity or malice and it drives strife, quarreling, angry fits, and dissension.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ In this light, Edwards says that envy is "ranked among the abominable works of the flesh" and it is thus a "hateful sin" that Christians practiced before they were redeemed; it is a sin that they should now confess and forsake (Charity 117).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ In a word, this example shows that envy is a major obstacle to loving-kindness.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ When our wants are enflamed, unsettled, and stirred up by the knowledge that others have what we want, then we tend toward envy in attitude and action.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Pride is "the great root and source of envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy overlaps with coveting, excessively wanting what others have.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ If we seek to grow in righteousness and at the same time we dislike it when others appear to grow in righteousness at a faster pace than we do then an area in which we most need growth is the area of envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Disobedience in the sin of envy is both rebellion and ingratitude rolled into one.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ A consequence of envy is that it retards prosperity by wasting energy in quarrels and dissension.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Love drives out envy and enables you to be sincerely happy for the blessings of others.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ By letting go of envy, you free yourselves to appreciate your own blessings.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ In the Ten Commandments, the Bible uses the term "covet," which is a synonym for "envy." Because God identified not envying others as one of the top ten most important laws, God clearly sees envy as being something destructive to your well-being.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ To apply this commandment to the present day, you should not envy what other people have, including their houses, cars, wives, bank accounts, status or various possessions.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The Bible also equates envy with "evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, ...
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ By letting go of envy, we can appreciate all of the blessings that God has given us in our own lives.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Socrates said, "Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the begetter of secret sedition, the perpetual tormenter of virtue.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Lack of material and carnal fulfillment lead them to envy against each other.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ kjv@Frustration: Christians frustrate upon seeing the wicked prosper and envy them.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ A Spanish proverb says, "Envy is thin because it bites but never eats." The Bible says, A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ It is healthy to be content with what you have than to envy the other person.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Once a preacher said, envy always starts with the painful thought of knowing that my neighbor possess something that I don't.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ People who conspired against Daniel out of their envy did so because they disliked to submit to Daniel's authority.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ To be honest, about envy, I reasoned more than prayed to God Father.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ But still what impressed me is "love doesn't envy".
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy too often serves as the motivation for different acts.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The less fortunate envy the wealthy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Young girls whose phone never rings envy those girls that seem to have the young men lined up to ask them out.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Those boys that are not outstanding athletes envy those that are.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Married couples that are unable to bear children envy those that can.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Though the word "envy" is not specifically used in Genesis chapter four, the historical record leads to the conclusion that Cain envied his brother Abel.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ These Old Testament examples of envy remind us that: (1) In many cases envy is over matters that pertain only to earthly, material affairs, and not to the spiritual; (2) Envy often raises its ugly head to cause division in ones own family; (3) One can be despised and envied, even though he/she is not guilty of "rubbing it in" that he/she has something that others lack; (4) Envy can even infect the hearts of those that serve Jehovah.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Sadly, envy also took its toll on the attitude of some of the first century Christians.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy can produce such bitterness of spirit that a person might desire to do bodily harm to those whom he/she envies, even to the point of committing murder.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy also causes barriers to be erected between people (sometimes unbeknown to some of the parties involved).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ It can happen when three brothers in Christ are being considered as overseers of a congregation, and two are chosen while the third is "left out." Envy disrupts peace in society, peace in the home, and peace in the church of the living God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ In some cases envy in the heart so dominates a persons state of mind that he/she feels like it is impossible to function properly.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ First, to envy others is a violation of Gods will.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ If envy can be "layed aside," then it is possible to overcome it.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ "Envy commonly lies in the same line of business, occupation, or rank." We do not, usually envy a monarch, a conqueror, or a nobleman, unless we are "aspiring" to the same rank.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The correction of all these things is "love." If we loved others; if we rejoiced in their happiness, we should not envy them.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ How miserable is that envy which is made unhappy by the good fortune of another.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ A show of envy is an insult to oneself.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy slays itself by its own arrows.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Jealousy and envy are rooted and driven with fear in a self-feeding cycle unless that cycle is broken.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Had the Sanhedrin not been so full of envy, they might have realized that Jesus fulfilled Bible prophecy as their Messiah.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy was the tool, grounded in fear against Jesus the Messiah.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Our culture promotes envy in a variety of ways, encouraging us to look up to those who have more power, status, possessions, or happiness than we do.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ When we are prideful and ostentatious, we provoke others to envy us, thereby becoming a cause for stumbling.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Show the persistency of those who are actuated by envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Will any be saved who retain the spirit of envy in the heart?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy will make your life miserable: you will waste your time wishing for what the other person has; weeping over what you do not have; never appreciating what God has given you and using what He has given you in His service and for His glory.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ You can never satisfy envy; the more you feed it, the more it demands until it consumes you.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ A great contrast to those three wicked sisters of envy, jealousy and covetousness is the righteous attribute of generosity.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The Seven Deadly Sins are Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ They are titled as such ("Seven Deadly Sins") because it was perceived that all of man's sin stemmed from at least one of these seven, being Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ The best exegesis I could find was John MacArthur's in his study Bible, published by kjv@Word: This difficult phrase is best understood by seeing the "spirit" as a reference not to the Holy Spirit, but to the human spirit, and translating the phrase "yearns jealously" in the negative sense of "lusts to envy." James' point is that an unbelieving person's spirit (inner person) is bent on evil.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Jealousy I have heard is wanting to keep - envy is wanting to have.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ But, some of our chronic expert bashers are motivated by envy, a contrary and excessively critical spirit, or just plain ego -- arrogance and ignorance wherein they are wiser in their own eyes than 100 recognized authors and teachers.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ I merely asked a question and yes I get a whole page of insult and mans teaching in patience I answer as best I can with tolerance of understanding which comes from understanding the enemy and how he manipulates all the FATHERS children to fear, anger, hatred, division, jealousy, envy, greed and power to name a few and I do this not for myself but so others might step away from themselves, if only for one moment so they can see the lie for what it truly is, pathetic.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ May Jesus show you the compassions of Love for your brothers and sisters and the enemy not cause you to be sucked into his tricks of division,greed, power, jealousy or envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is jealousy, a self destructive measure in which ill will, spite or rivalry are a part of.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is found many times in the Bible and has been used for everything from coveting a relationship, material wealth, even preaching the gospel.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Paul does not say why, but mentions those who are preaching from envy are wanting to keep him in bondage.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Some would never admit to being jealous openly, but you can just look around and see how many people are trying to `keep up with the Jone's.' Everyday you can pretty much witness envy or jealousy in one form or another, television, family or friends, workplaces....
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Now, because of the envy you have an attitude with your family...and now your relationships are effected.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ As described in a story at Wired Magazine, an enterprising team from the Geography Department at Kansas State University has created a series of United States maps that purport to show incidence of the seven deadly sins mentioned in the kjv@Bible: greed, envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, and pride.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Envy is still referred to as the green-eyed monster for good reason because when it is harbored, it can and often does inspire the carrying out of monstrous deeds against someone else.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Life is far from perfect for most of Earth's inhabitants; therefore, people understandably question why certain bad things happened to them and why certain good things seem to avoid them and cling to the one or ones they envy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyEnvy @ Isaac whole household, and wealth; had grown so much, that the king had begun to envy him.