Proverbs 27:4

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Anger is cruel and can destroy like a flood, but jealousy is much worse.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:34

The woman’s husband will be jealous and angry and do everything he can to get revenge.

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Acts 7:9

“These ancestors of ours became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Matthew 27:18

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

Job 5:2

A fool’s anger will kill him. His jealousy will destroy him.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the Evil One. Cain killed his brother. But why did he kill him? Because what Cain did was evil, and what his brother did was good.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews who did not believe became jealous, so they got some bad men from around the city center to make trouble. They formed a mob and caused a riot in the city. They went to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out before the people.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart, like a signet ring you wear on your hand. Love is as strong as death. Passion is as strong as the grave. Its sparks become a flame, and it grows to become a great fire!

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.

Genesis 26:14

He had many flocks and herds of animals. He also had many slaves. All the Philistines were jealous of him.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, greed, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst things about each other. They gossip

Acts 5:17

The high priest and all his friends, a group called the Sadducees, became very jealous.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry, but the irritation caused by a fool is much harder to bear.

Genesis 38:9

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

1 Samuel 18:9

So from that time on, Saul watched David very closely.