Is Jealousy a mortal sin?

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Is it a mortal sin in and of itself to be jealous of another or of their good luck? If it’s not like you are hating them or trying to take it away from them, or being mean in any way just because they have good luck is it really a mortal sin? I know it’s not good and it is very closely associated with envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. I just don’t know if jealousy itself must be confessed.
 
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Is it a mortal sin in and of itself to be jealous of another or of their good luck? If it’s not like you are hating them or trying to take it away from them, or being mean in any way just because they have good luck is it really a mortal sin? I know it’s not good and it is very closely associated with envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. I just don’t know if jealousy itself must be confessed.
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it can be!
 
weren’t there some annoying little rules about that in the OT…something about not coveting…the details slip my mind when I’m watching TV and thinking if only I had a bigger plasma screen like my neighbor does…
 
Exodus 20:5 (New International Version)

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God​

I guess God is a sinner!!!

Of course jealousy is not, in and of itself, evil. We often get jealousy and envy confused. Jealousy is where you see something good in another person/thing and you want it for yourself. Envy is different (and always evil) because it sees the good person/thing and you want to ruin it because you can’t have it.

So, for example. A teenager sees his friend get high marks on his report card while he, himself, does poorly. A jealous person will work harder and earn an equally high grade. An envious person will speak poorly about the acheiver and put him down.

So now, the jealous God. God, in that passage, sees the worship men give to idols and he wants that for himself. Worshipping the one true God is a good thing.

So, as we see, we need to look both at the object of the jealousy as well as the behavior it stimulates in the jealous person. If it is a good thing that the person is stimulated to acquire for themselves (eg. a virtue), AND if the means by which they acquire this is legitimate, then jealousy is a positive motivator.
 
I’m always jealous of the folks who win the multi-million dollar lotteries… why them ??? :crying: why not me ??? :crying:

ohhh, you have to play to win !!! that explains it, I rarely play…

:whacky: :whacky:
 
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Exodus 20:5 (New International Version)

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God​

I guess God is a sinner!!!
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SAY WHAT?!!?

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o now, the jealous God. God, in that passage, sees the worship men give to idols and he wants that for himself. Worshipping the one true God is a good thing.

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There were some women that worshipped idols as well.
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I am no expert in anything 🙂 but IMHO ENVY is one of the 7 deadly sins, jealousy is not. The distinction:

Envy is something you feel towards someone who has something you want. (This is one of the seven deadly sins)

Covetousness is what you feel about the thing you want that someone else has.

Jealousy is something you feel about someone or something you already have and don’t want to share. (This was God’s comment in the verse quoted earlier int his thread).
 
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