Day4
Mark15:7-10
“Now, Pilate was holding in custody a notorious criminal named Barabbas, one of the assassins who had committed murder in an uprising. The crowds gathered in front of Pilate’s judgment bench and asked him to release a prisoner to them, as was his custom. So he asked them, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” (Pilate was fully aware that the religious leaders had handed Jesus over to him because of spite and envy.)”
Mark 15:7-10 TPT
Cross references
Matthew 27:16–18; Proverbs 27:4
Envy
A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
Discontent
A person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation.
James 3:14-16; "But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil."
Galatians 5:19-21; "Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
1 Corinthians 13:4; "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."
Psalm 37:1-3; "Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness."
1 Peter 2:1-2; "Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation."
Danger, danger!
Envy is not something to play with. At the first sign or symptom of it in your mind, you must reject it!
Let’s search our hearts today and be free from envy in Jesus name! Amen!
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