Proverbs 27:4

God's Word

Anger is cruel, and fury is overwhelming, but who can survive jealousy?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

Because he owned so many flocks, herds, and servants, the Philistines became jealous of him.

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about these things.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the descendant wouldn’t belong to him, so whenever he slept with his brother’s widow, he wasted his semen on the ground to avoid giving his brother a descendant.

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart makes for a healthy body, but jealousy is ⌞like⌟ bone cancer.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand weighs a lot, but annoyance caused by a stubborn fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 6:34

because jealousy arouses a husband’s fury. The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Wear me as a signet ring on your heart, as a ring on your hand. Love is as overpowering as death. Devotion is as unyielding as the grave. Love’s flames are flames of fire, flames that come from the Lord.

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

Acts 17:5

Then the Jews became jealous. They took some low-class characters who hung around the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason’s home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.

Acts 5:17

The chief priest and the whole party of the Sadducees who were with him were extremely jealous. So they took action

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. They sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt. But God was with Joseph

Romans 1:29

Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.

1 Samuel 18:9

From that day on Saul kept an eye on David.