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Proverbs 27:4

WEB

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

KJV

4Wrath[+] is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

BSB

4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

FBV

4Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

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Extra References

Proverbs 6:34

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


Proverbs 14:30

30The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.


James 3:14-16

14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. 15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.


Acts 7:9

9The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him


1 John 3:12

12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.


Matthew 27:18

18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.


Job 5:2

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


Acts 17:5

5But 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.


Genesis 37:11

11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.


Genesis 26:14

14He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.