We are pained that others are more prosperous than we are; we desire to possess what others have, though we have no right to it; and this leads to the various guilty methods which are pursued to lessen their enjoyment of it, or to obtain it ourselves, or to show that they do not possess as much as they are commonly supposed to.... for thus the spirit of envy in our bosoms will be gratified. ” ​ — Romans 1: 29; James 4: 5.
(‏ ۱قرنتیان ۱۳ :‏⁠ ۴‏ ،‏ ترجمهٔ کینگ جِیمز‏ )‏ او نوشت :‏ « محبت به سعادتی که دیگران از آن برخوردارند ،‏ حسد نمی‌ورزد ؛‏ از رفاه و آسایش آنان شادمان است ؛‏ و همچنانکه سعادت دیگران .‏ .‏ .‏