Proverbs 27:4

New International Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

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

Genesis 37:11

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

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Job 5:2

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 27:3

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

Acts 17:5

But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

Acts 7:9

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

1 Samuel 18:9

And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.