Jealousy and Envy are often treated as synonyms; but actually, they have different meanings and applications.  By illustration, if a woman sees her husband flirting with another woman, she is jealous; but if she desires another woman’s husband, she is envious.  One man is hers by right the other is not, and to obtain him, she would have to take that man from his wife.  Thus, envy is sin while jealousy is not.  Previously, I posted an examination of Jealousy from a Biblical perspective, now I consider Envy – or as many translations say, Covetousness. Read more