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Envy Defined
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John Ortberg
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- Envy
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1 Samuel 18:10-16, 1 Corinthians 3:3, James 3:16, Titus 3:3, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Proverbs 14:30, Exodus 20:17
Envy is wanting what another person has and feeling badly that I don’t have it. Envy is disliking God’s goodness to someone else and dismissing God’s goodness to me. Envy is desire plus resentment. En...
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Ovid
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- Envy
- Vice
Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent.
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Victor Hugo
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The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
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John Chrysostom
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- Envy
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- Envy
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
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Joseph Epstein
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- Envy
- Seven Deadly Sins
Of all the deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
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Dante Alighieri
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Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
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Envy’s Wish
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Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Keywords
- Envy
Scripture

1 Samuel 18:10-16, Proverbs 14:30, James 3:16, Mark 7:20-23
A Poem by Victor Hugo recounts an opportunity granted to Envy and Avarice to receive whatever they wished, on the condition that the other receive a double portion. Envy replied, “I wish to be blind i...
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O Lord, my every sense, member,
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Arthur Bennett
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O Lord, my every sense, member, faculty, affection, is a snare to me. I can scarce open my eyes but I envy those above me, or despise those below. I covet the honor and riches of the mighty, and a...
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Envy in The Disney/Pixar Film The Incredibles
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Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
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1 Samuel 18:10-16, Proverbs 14:30, Genesis 4:1-16
Syndrome (formerly called Incrediboy) in the film The lncredibles is one example of envy’s futility and the envier’s inferiority, which together secure the inevitable lack of success in besting one’s ...
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Aeschylus
Keywords
- Envy
- Competitiveness
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
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Christian Love: The Antithesis of Envy
Author

Robert C. Roberts
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1 Peter 2:1, Galatians 5:26, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Philippians 2:3-4
The Christian’s self-understanding is that she is precious before God—however much a sinner, however much a failure (or success) she may be by the standards of worldly comparisons—and that every other...
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Erich Fromm
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There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue."
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Holy God, we come to You confessing
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Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
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Holy God, we come to You confessing that we never have enough. We are never satisfied with what You have given us. We look at others with envy and we want more, even when our homes are overflowing wit...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; that though ...
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The “Estate”
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Andrew J. Bauman
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Lifelong family friends own more than a thousand acres of land deep in Southern Mississippi, which they refer to as “the estate.” There isn’t a holiday get-together that passes without the family meet...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The world says: "You have needs — satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This ...
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May we be no one’s enemy, and may we be
Author

Eusebius of Caesarea
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1 Peter 3:8-9, Philippians 2:3-4, Ephesians 4:32, Luke 6:27-28, Galatians 6:2, Proverbs 17:9, Matthew 5:9
May we be no one’s enemy, and may we be the friend of all that is eternal and abides with Christ. May we never quarrel with those nearest us; and if we do, may we be reconciled quickly. May we love,...
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Robert Emmons
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Gratitude drives out toxic emotions of resentment, anger, and envy, and may be associated with better long-term emotional and physical health in transplant recipients.
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Adapted from Psalm 73:1–28
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Psalm 73:1-28
Prayer of Confession All: Certainly God is good to his people, to those pure in heart, but as for me, I nearly stumbled; I nearly lost my sure footing. I struggle with envy as I look at the those in ...
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Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Author

Dustin Ray
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1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Pastor: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and i...
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Gracious and faithful God–our Creator,
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Richard Herman
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Psalm 25:4-5, Matthew 1:23, James 5:14-15, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Luke 2:10-11, Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 29:11, Matthew 25:35-36, Proverbs 21:1, Matthew 5:14-16, Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:13, Luke 2:1-20, Mark 5:25-34, John 11:17-44
Gracious and faithful God–our Creator, Redeemer and Comforter: When we don’t know the way–You show us the way; and when we can’t find a way–You make a way. Thank you! Thank you for Your gift of a Sav...
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Gracious God–Giver of all good gifts:
Author

Richard Herman
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Revelation 21:4, Philippians 4:19, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Isaiah 40:31, Ephesians 1:7
Gracious God–Giver of all good gifts: We praise You. You give us the wonder of creation and You give us life. We praise You, Father. You give us forgiveness of our sins with salvation and eternal life...
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Litany of Penitence
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2 Chronicles 7:14, Luke 19:1-10, Luke 15:11-32, Isaiah 1:18, James 5:16
The Celebrant and People together, all kneeling Most holy and merciful Father: We confess to you and to one another, and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth, that we have sinne...
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Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
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The envious person resents another person’s good gifts because they are superior to his or her own. It’s not just that the other person is better; it is that by comparison their superiority makes you ...
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Mark Twain
Keywords
- Envy
Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
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William Penn
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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
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An Englishwoman, Frenchman and a Russian
Author

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Keywords
- Envy
- Jealousy
Scripture

1 Corinthians 3:3, Titus 3:3, James 3:16, 1 Samuel 18:10-16, Exodus 20:17, Mark 7:20-23
Joseph Epstein tells a joke that illustrates envy’s malicious and impotent character well. Once there was an Englishwoman, a Frenchman, and a Russian: Each [was] given a single wish by one of those ...
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Coveting Yesterday and Today
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Wayne Stiles
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Remember how you felt that Christmas when your sister opened the gift you wanted? Or when your brother got a T-bird for graduation and you got stuck with the family Nova? Fast-forward to today and ask...
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot an...