Proverbs 27:4

New Century Version

Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!

Cross References

Proverbs 6:34

Jealousy makes a husband very angry, and he will have no pity when he gets revenge.

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind means a healthy body, but jealousy will rot your bones.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.

Job 5:2

Anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the stupid.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

Acts 17:5

But some others became jealous. So they got some evil men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot. They ran to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas, wanting to bring them out to the people.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Put me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. Love is as strong as death; jealousy is as strong as the grave. Love bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire.

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him, but his father thought about what all these things could mean.

Genesis 26:14

He had so many slaves and flocks and herds that the Philistines envied him.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, selfishness, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst 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

Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a complaining fool is worse than either.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he was supposed to have sexual relations with Tamar he did not complete the sex act. This made it impossible for Tamar to become pregnant and for Er to have descendants.

1 Samuel 18:9

So Saul watched David closely from then on, because he was jealous.