1. An envious person may secretly withhold good from the one who arouses his jealousy or may wish that harm will befall that one.

2. The pathetic lot of the envious person is set forth in the inspired proverb: “A man of envious [literally, “bad; evil”] eye is Bestirring himself after valuable things, but he does not know that want itself will come upon him.” The person with an envious eye is actually heading for want