Proverbs 27:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Proverbs 27:4 Cross References

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

Job 5:2

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of the LORD.

Genesis 37:11

And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 26:14

and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.