Proverbs 14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs
27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
but who is able to stand before envy?
Envy - a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
Covet - to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to wish for, especially eagerly:
Regard
to another's advantages –
This
is without a doubt the reason why the devil is out to get us. He
hates our advantage we have in the earth. He wants to be God over the
earth and he hates that God regards us as having dominion over the
earth. He hates this verse:
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
The
10 Commandments: First
5 are to honor God and Parents.
The
last 5 all have to do with some type of
Envy.
Exodus
20:13
Thou
shalt not kill.
Why
would you kill (murder).
Exodus
20:14 Thou
shalt not commit adultery.
Covetousness
to wish for, especially eagerly.
Exodus
20:15 Thou
shalt not steal.
Covetousness
to wish for, especially eagerly.
Exodus
20:16 Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Covetousness
without due regard for the rights of others.
Exodus
20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant,
nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
thy neighbor's.
God
knows the intent of our heart in the flesh, just as the devil knows.
He the devil is filled with this envy and knew in the garden of Eden
that our flesh would follow him with this envy.
Biblical
Examples:
Genesis 4:3-8
When
Cain brought of the fruits of the earth as sacrifice unto God; and
Abel also brought of the first-lings of his sheep, and of the fat
thereof. God had respect to Abel and to his offerings, but Cain and
his sacrifices
he
did not regard. And
Cain was deeply grieved, and his countenance fell.
And
Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go into the field. And it came
to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him. Genesis
4:8
You
see, how
envy and jealousy
led
to the murder of a brother.
Through
envy, also, our father Jacob fled
from the face of Esau his brother.
Gen
27:41 And
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed
him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father
are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
(Esau
wanted to kill his brother)
Envy
made Joseph to be
persecuted and to come into bondage, because
of his own brothers.
Gen
37:19 And they said one to
another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Gen
37:20 Come
now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and
we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what
will become of his dreams.
(They
wanted to kill him.)
Through
envy,
David underwent the hatred not only of foreigners, but was also
persecuted by Saul king of Israel.
We
could go on and on about
brother against brother
This
all started with Cain and Abel, and continues until now.
Where
does it stop?
With
God, The Great I Am Has Made The Way.
(JESUS)
To Have A Circumcised
Heart.
To
Open The Way To Life In The Spirit.
To
Feed Off Of Him In The Word.
Don't
Feed Off Of The World.
It
is so easy to drift off into the worldly ways of wantonness.
The
Key To The Removal of: Envy, Worldly, Fleshly.
Deuteronomy
11:18
Therefore
shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and
bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes.
As soon as you wake up, let it be on your heart.
Throughout the day meditate on the Word.
When you are going to sleep, let the last thought be about Jesus.
Let The Spirit Of God Flow Through You Always.
There Is Nothing Like The Oil Of The Spirit Flowing Through Your Heart .
I Pray For The Joy, The Love, The Glory Of God, Always On You. This Removes Envy.