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箴言27:4 -忿怒残忍,怒气冲天,但在嫉妒面前,谁能站立得住呢?

我最近听说一位神bwin体育教授警告他的学生:“你们需要害怕的不是教会里成功的退休牧师. He wants you to succeed. 你要提防的是那位失败的牧师.“当一个在你的工作中失败的人看到成功女神对你有好感时, after scorning him, jealousy may possess him and make an enemy. Likewise, before you mess with someone else’s wife, remember jealousy, Shakespeare’s green-eyed monster (Othello, Acts 3, Scene 3, 165-171). “He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. 他必受伤受辱,他的羞辱不能涂抹. 因为嫉妒使人发怒,报仇的时候也毫不留情(箴言6:32-34)。.” Who can stand before jealousy?

Wrath can be cruel and anger overwhelming. 事实上,它们可能会横扫面前的一切,瞬间毁灭,就像海啸袭击海岸一样. “人的忿怒并不显出神的义来”(雅各书1:20)。.” Nevertheless, anger usually passes quickly, 就像海啸的水在造成破坏后迅速退回海洋一样. Those who survive its sudden onslaught will live, 就像今天对你生气的人很可能明天就会成为你的朋友. 另一个区别是:与嫉妒不同,愤怒很少隐藏自己. 相反,它会大声燃烧,这样你就知道你需要小心了. Jealousy, however, like its cousin envy, can hide and last for years, plotting and scheming, a silent assassin. 这是一个直到准备好攻击才会被发现的敌人, 他的武器像耳语一样微妙,像谋杀一样暴力.

明智的人知道嫉妒的危险,就会注意不去挑起它. 特别是,他会避免从别人那里偷朋友或妻子或丈夫. If he is successful in work or friendship, 他会警惕别人对他的嫉妒. Anger will abate. A gift can turn it aside (Proverbs 21:14). But gifts will not pacify jealousy. The man whose wife you have seduced, or whose wife has seduced you, that man “will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts (Proverbs 6:35).”

年轻人和naïve很快察觉到愤怒,但他们可能忘记了嫉妒. 年长和经验丰富的人应该提醒他们不要嫉妒, what provokes it, how it operates, how to avoid it, and how dangerous and lasting it can be. 这个警告就是这句谚语的目的:你已经知道愤怒的危险, but watch out for jealousy. Who can stand before it?

Dr. Bill Edgar, bwin体育大学董事会前主席, 前bwin体育bwin体育院长,北美改革宗长老会牧师

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Sep 4, 2019

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