A healthy heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.
And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naḇ
For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.
The wrong one sees it and shall be vexed; He gnashes his teeth and shall melt. The desire of the wrong ones does perish.
Let my heart be perfect in Your laws, So that I am not put to shame.
A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A glad heart makes good a face, But by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken.
A rejoicing heart causes good healing, But a stricken spirit dries the bones.
It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For out of it are the sources of life.
I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the sound, Rottenness came into my bones. And I trembled within myself, That I might rest for the day of distress, To come upon the people who would attack us.
“And the ancestors, becoming jealous, sold Yosĕ
having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoring, wickedness, greed, evil; filled with envy, murder, fighting, deceit, evil habits; whisperers,
For Elohim has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which dwells in us intensely crave unto envy?