Proverbs 27:4

Modern English Version

Wrath is cruel and fury is a torrent, but who is able to stand before envy?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the descendant would not be his, so when he had relations with his brother’s wife, he let his semen go on the ground, so that he would not give a descendant to his brother.

Job 5:2

For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound mind is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the wrath of a fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy enrages a man, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Place me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as fierce as death, jealousy is as severe as Sheol. Its fires of desire are like ardent flames, the very flame of the Lord.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that they had handed Him over out of envy.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews who did not believe became jealous and, taking some evil men from the marketplace, gathered a crowd, stirred up the city, and attacked the house of Jason, trying to bring them out to the mob.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all those who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees) rose up and were filled with jealousy.

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and craftiness. They are gossips,

1 John 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.

1 Samuel 18:9

So Saul was suspicious of David from that day and forward.