In Depth Bible Study: Qualities of Love

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; - 1 Corinthians 13:4 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Corinthians13:4&version=NKJV
A. Love does not envy

For jealousy is a husband’s fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. - Proverbs 6:34 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs6:34&version=NKJV
A. Jealousy leads to fury and vengeance

You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. - James 4:2-3 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James4:2-3&version=NKJV
A. Jealousy leads to violence

A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is  rottenness to the bones. - Proverbs 14:30 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs14:30&version=NKJV
A. Envy will damage us physically unhealthy

Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy? - Proverbs 27:4 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs27:4&version=NKJV
A. No one can stand before jealousy

Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. - Psalm 37:1-3 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm37:1-3&version=NKJV
A. Remedy for jealousy is trusting God
B. Get to know others and trust them
    1. Don't be suspicious and jealous

Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:11-13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians4:11-13&version=NKJV
A. We all need to learn to be content



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