Job 5:2

Easy To Read Version

A foolish person’s anger will kill him.\par A fool’s strong emotions will kill him.\par

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

Rachel saw that she was not giving Jacob any children. Rachel became jealous of her sister Leah. So Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children or I will die!”

Genesis 38:9

Onan knew that the children from this union would not belong to him. Onan had sexual relations with Tamar, but he did not allow himself to stay inside her.

Job 18:4

Job, your anger is only hurting yourself.\par Should people leave the earth\par just for you?\par Do you think God will move mountains\par just to satisfy you?\par

Psalm 107:17

Some people let their sins and guilt\par change them into foolish people.\par

Psalm 14:1

A foolish person {\cf2\super [75]} says in his heart,\par “There is no God.”\par Foolish people do terrible, rotten things.\par Not even one of them does good.\par

Psalm 92:6

Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par

Proverbs 12:16

A foolish person is easily upset. But a smart {\cf2\super [16]} person quickly forgives other people if they say something wrong.

Proverbs 19:16

If a person obeys the law, then he protects himself. But the person that hates to live by the law will die by the law.

Proverbs 19:19

A person with a short temper must pay the price. The more you get him out of trouble, the worse he becomes.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry. But \{the trouble caused by\} an angry fool is much harder to bear.

Proverbs 8:5

If you are foolish, learn to be wise.\par Foolish men, learn to understand.\par

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t become angry quickly.\par Why? Because being angry is foolish.\par

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding.\par The people called to Egypt for help.\par The people went to Assyria for help.\par

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry just because this plant died?”

Romans 2:8

But other people are selfish and refuse to follow truth. Those people follow evil. God will give those people his punishment and anger.

2 Timothy 3:6

Some of those people go into homes and get women who are weak. Those women are full of sin. Those women are led to sin by the many evil things they want to do.