ENVY

Proverbs 27:4 tells us that anger is cruel, and fury overwhelming, but 'before a jealous man, who can stand?'
 
Abstract 'Anger' gets an adjective, and so does 'Fury', but the force and destruction of one jealous man is simply described by a rhetorical question, asking what or who can resist such force. No words, really, to qualify its dark and relentless onset, and no effort to define or trap its spirit. Simply, where there is envy, there is a destroyer.
 
Envy is spirit, and operates at the core of our free will to move towards God as friend or foe. The devil became the devil because the power he had was not enough. (Jude 1:6) Mankind became what we are and know because Eden was not enough. (Genesis 3:5) Envy is a power struggle from deep within that is not primarily about me and my neighbor, but me and God. And it is not primarily about what I have and want, but about who God is and his report of truth.
 
To break chains of envy inside you, and that come against you, you must first take a faith stand in who God says He is. His terms on Himself is the key to freedom for the soul.
 
(Exodus 3:14; John 1:1-5; John 5:24; 2 Corinthians 5:17)