Thursday, September 29, 2005
Jealousy vs. Envy
I was actually thinking about what the difference is between jealousy and envy in recent days, as I found out that there was, in fact, a difference. Envy is a sin - it is covetousness, a form of discontentment. But jealousy is a little different - God can be jealous. God describes himself as a "jealous God" in the Bible. He would hate to have His children seek after another.
My friend Brooke actually wrote a whole report on the difference between jealousy and envy! Her description of the difference between the two is helping me to better understand how they contrast:
Cool, huh?
Well, gotta go - me and Brooke are off to a CC meeting. Sweet.
My friend Brooke actually wrote a whole report on the difference between jealousy and envy! Her description of the difference between the two is helping me to better understand how they contrast:
The word envy refers to feelings of dissatisfaction and resent brought on by one’s own desire for another’s possessions or qualities. Jealousy means feelings of dislike, which can conceive hatred and the want for competition to keep what he or she has.
Cool, huh?
Well, gotta go - me and Brooke are off to a CC meeting. Sweet.
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9/29/2005 01:26:00 PM
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Perhaps an even easier way to think of the distinction is this:
jealousy is the fear of losing what one has, while envy is the desire to have what another already possesses.
An example would be this:
John & Mary are dating, but Bill likes Mary, too. John would be jealous (for fear of losing Mary to Bill), but Bill would be envious of John (wanting what John has, namely Mary as a girlfriend).
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jealousy is the fear of losing what one has, while envy is the desire to have what another already possesses.
An example would be this:
John & Mary are dating, but Bill likes Mary, too. John would be jealous (for fear of losing Mary to Bill), but Bill would be envious of John (wanting what John has, namely Mary as a girlfriend).
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