Proverbs 27:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; But who is able to stand before envy?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

Proverbs 27:4 Cross References

Genesis 26:14

He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 27:3

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

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day on.