Out of this kind of envy came murder. All sorts of things can happen when we let envy in. Look at the envy in our own lives. Am I trying in any way to put someone down, even in a sarcastic way - that terrible humor that can pierce and kill. We look at all the ways that it might still be in our own lives.
Pride is another of the seven capital sins.
Pride has so many ways of hanging onto your control. It tells us, Don t let go. You can manage, you can do it yourself. There's nothing wrong with busyness, and there's nothing wrong with charity and doing things for people, particularly people we love, or reaching out and feeding the hungry, and helping the poor. We cannot neglect our relationship with God, or satan will come in there.