The Life of Joseph: Lesson Two

Envy left alone will lead to worse sin.

When his brothers saw him coming, they planned to kill him before he even got to them.

Genesis 37:18 (KJV): And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Joseph ended up out of the pit and sold for twenty pieces of silver, and he was taken to Egypt.

Genesis 37:28 (KJV): Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Where there is envy and strife, every evil work follows.

James 3:16 (KJV): For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

God counts hatred of a brother as murder in the heart.

1 John 3:15 (KJV): Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.