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There is one thing that will destroy your joy quickly and that is jealousy—when we want what we can't have and tend to obsess over it. Instead of being happy for the good things that happen to ...
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. (Epistle of James 3:14–16, World English Bible) [1]
Acedia is the neglect to take care of something that one should do. It is translated to apathetic listlessness; depression without joy. It is related to melancholy; acedia describes the behaviour and melancholy suggests the emotion producing it. In early Christian thought, the lack of joy was regarded as a willful refusal to enjoy the goodness ...
These scriptures for depression will hopefully bring you comfort and encouragement.
David proved a successful commander, and as his popularity increased, so did Saul's jealousy. In the hope that the Philistines might kill David, Saul gives David his daughter Michal in marriage, provided that David slay a hundred Philistines and bring their foreskins to him; David returns with two-fold the requirement.
Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness or disgust. In its original meaning, jealousy is distinct from envy, though the two terms have popularly become synonymous in the English language, with jealousy now also taking on the definition originally used for envy alone. These two emotions ...
They compared the thoughts and behaviors of the most important figures in the Bible, such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Paul, [78] with patients affected by mental disorders related to the psychotic spectrum using different clusters of disorders and diagnostic criteria , [79] and concluded that these Biblical figures "may have had psychotic ...
The Book of Genesis does not give a specific reason for the murder of Abel. Modern commentators typically assume that the motives were jealousy and anger due to God rejecting Cain's offering, while accepting Abel's. [45] The First Epistle of John says the following: Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.