Proverbs 27:4

World English Bible (2000)

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:34 : 34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
  • Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
  • Jas 1:19-21 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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    2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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    34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

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    3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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    17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

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    5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?

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    9Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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    3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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    14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

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    11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

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    18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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    8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

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    16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

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    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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    14The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

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    26Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

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    4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

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    7For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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