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- Dictionaryenvy/ˈɛnvi/
noun
- 1. a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck: "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else): "he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends" Similar Opposite
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6. Envy. Envy is the intense desire to have an item that someone else possesses. The Bible says the following in Proverbs 14:30, “A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.” Other biblical texts which mention envy include: Job 5:2, Psalm 37:1, Proverbs 24:19-20, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Galatians 5:26 and James 3:14-16.
The Bible says, “for the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing… their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, NKJV, see also Psalm 146:4; 115:17). It makes sense that after Lazarus was raised from the dead, he doesn’t share what he saw or experienced. He didn’t have anything to tell, except that once he was dead, and now he is ...
The context of 1 Corinthians 15, the agreement with Bible theology and the explanation on punctuation by Dr. Lanier allows us to understand the meaning of 1 Corinthians 15:29. This evidence shows us that Paul wasn’t actually promoting baptism for the dead, but rather in 1 Corinthians 15, his main point was showing that the resurrection of the dead was an actual event in which the Corinthian ...
Pride is dangerous. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 16:18, TLB."Pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall."
"And then He added, 'It is the thought-life that pollutes. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts of lust, theft, murder, adultery, wanting what belongs to others, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, pride, and all other folly. All these vile things come from within; they are what pollute you and make you unfit for God."
Where does a Christian learn the basics of Christianity? Christian teachings come from the Scriptures. It's in the Bible, 2 Timothy 3:16, TLB.
"Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. The spiritual battle begins in the mind. It's in the Bible, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, NKJV. "For the weapons of our warfare are not ...
Colossians 2:13-17 “And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4 ...
Meaning of Psalm 23 1. The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. Only a shepherd could write Psalm 23, and David was a shepherd. The Lord is the Shepherd of His people and they are His sheep; so David said, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” In eastern lands, the shepherd goes before his flock—he leads them. They know his voice ...
