Job 5:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

Job 18:4

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

Psalm 107:17

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

Psalm 14:1

To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Psalm 75:4

I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

Psalm 92:6

A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

Proverbs 12:16

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

Proverbs 19:16

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

Proverbs 8:5

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Jonah 4:9

And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.

Romans 2:8

But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

2 Timothy 3:6

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,