Proverbs 27:4

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

Matthew 27:18

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

Job 5:2

For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

1 John 3:12

Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.

Acts 17:5

But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm. For love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as Sheol. The flashes of it are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers 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

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

Acts 5:17

But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy.

Proverbs 27:3

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

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it came to pass, when he went in to 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.