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<p> [[En'Vy, L]]  invideo, in and video, to see against, that is, to look with enmity. </p> 1. To feel uneasiness, mortification or discontent, at the sight of superior excellence, reputation or happiness enjoyed by another to repine at another's prosperity to fret or grieve one's self at the real or supposed superiority of another, and to hate him on that account. <p> Envy not thou the oppressor. &nbsp;Proverbs 3 </p> <p> Whoever envies another, confesses his superiority. </p> 2. To grudge to withhold maliciously. <p> To envy at, used by authors formerly, is now obsolete. </p> <p> Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? </p> <p> EN'VY, n. Pain, uneasiness, mortification or discontent excited by the sight of another's superiority or success, accompanied with some degree of hatred or malignity, and often or usually with a desire or an effort to depreciate the person, and with pleasure in seeing him depressed. Envy springs from pride, ambition or love, mortified that another has obtained what one has a strong desire to possess. </p> <p> Envy and admiration are the [[Scylla]] and [[Charybdis]] of authors. </p> <p> All human virtue, to its latest breath, </p> <p> Finds envy never conquered, but by death. </p> <p> [[Emulation]] differs from envy, in not being accompanied with hatred and a desire to depress a more fortunate person. </p> <p> Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, </p> <p> Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. </p> <p> It is followed by of or to. They did this in envy of Caesar, or in envy to his genius. The former seems to be preferable. </p> 1. Rivalry competition. Little used. 2. [[Malice]] malignity. <p> You turn the good we offer into envy. </p> 3. Public odium repute invidiousness. <p> To discharge the king of the envy of that opinion. </p>

<p> ''''' en´vi ''''' ( קנאה , <i> ''''' kīn'āh ''''' </i> ; ζῆλος , <i> ''''' zḗlos ''''' </i> , φθόνος , <i> ''''' phthónos ''''' </i> ): "Envy," from Latin <i> in </i> , "against," and <i> video </i> , "to look," "to look with ill-will," etc., toward another, is an evil strongly condemned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is to be distinguished from jealousy. "We are <i> jealous </i> of our own; we are <i> envious </i> of another man's possessions. <i> Jealousy </i> fears to lose what it has; <i> envy </i> is pained at seeing another have" (Crabb's <i> English Synonyms </i> ). In the Old Testament it is the translation of <i> ''''' ḳin'āh ''''' </i> from <i> ''''' kānā' ''''' </i> , "to redden," "to glow" (&nbsp;Job 5:2 , the Revised Version (British and American) "jealousy," margin "indignation"; in &nbsp;Isaiah 26:11 the Revised Version (British and American) renders "see thy zeal for the people"; &nbsp; Proverbs 27:4 , etc.); the verb occurs in &nbsp;Genesis 26:14 , etc.; &nbsp;Numbers 11:29 the King James Version; &nbsp; Psalm 106:16; &nbsp;Proverbs 3:31 , etc.; in the New Testament it is the translation of <i> ''''' phthonos ''''' </i> , "envy" (&nbsp;Matthew 27:18; &nbsp;Romans 1:29; &nbsp;Galatians 5:21 , "envyings," etc.); of <i> ''''' zēlos ''''' </i> , "zeal," "jealousy," "envy" (&nbsp;Acts 13:45 ), translated "envying," the Revised Version (British and American) "jealousy" (&nbsp;Romans 13:13; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 3:3; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 12:20; &nbsp;James 3:14 , &nbsp;James 3:16 ); the verb <i> ''''' phthonéō ''''' </i> occurs in &nbsp;Galatians 5:26; <i> ''''' zēlóō ''''' </i> in &nbsp;Acts 7:9; &nbsp;Acts 17:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "moved with jealousy"; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 13:4 , "charity (the Revised Version (British and American) "love") envieth not." </p> <p> The power of envy is stated in &nbsp;Proverbs 27:4 : "Who is able to stand before envy?" (the Revised Version (British and American) "jealousy"); its evil effects are depicted in &nbsp; Job 5:2 (the Revised Version (British and American) "jealousy"), in &nbsp; Proverbs 14:30 (the Revised Version, margin "jealousy"); it led to the crucifixion of Christ (&nbsp; Matthew 27:18; &nbsp;Mark 15:10 ); it is one of "the works of the flesh" (&nbsp;Galatians 5:21; compare &nbsp;Romans 1:29; &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:4 ); Christian believers are earnestly warned against it (&nbsp;Romans 13:13 the King James Version; &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 3:3 the King James Version; &nbsp; Galatians 5:26; &nbsp;1 Peter 2:1 ). In &nbsp;James 4:5 "envy" is used in a good sense, akin to the <i> jealousy </i> ascribed to God. Where the King James Version has "The <i> spirit </i> that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy," the Revised Version (British and American) reads "Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?"; the American Revised Version, margin "The spirit which he made to dwell in us he yearneth for even unto jealous envy"; compare &nbsp; Jeremiah 3:14; &nbsp;Hosea 2:19 f; or the English Revised Version, margin "That spirit which he made to dwell in us yearneth (for us) even unto jealous envy." This last seems to give the sense; compare "Ye adulteresses" (&nbsp; Hosea 2:4 ), the American Revised Version, margin " <i> That is </i> , who break your marriage vow to God." </p>