A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Each whispering breeze of yielding air,

And breathe it to the soul.

Ogilvie.

ENVY.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.—Proverbs, xxiv. 1.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?—Proverbs, xxvii. 4.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.—Mark, xv. 9, 10.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.—James, iii. 16.