Lust & Envy versus Love & Humility

"A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones." Proverbs 14:30

 

"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."   Romans 13:13-14

 

"For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us...."  Titus 3:3-5

 

"Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'  For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy." Matthew 27:17-18

 

"Pilate... knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.  Pilate answered and said to them again, 'What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?'

       "So they cried out again, 'Crucify Him!'  Then Pilate said to them, 'Why, what evil has He done?' But they cried out all the more, 'Crucify Him!'

      "Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified." Mark 15:9-15

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