Job 5:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Genesis 38:9

But since Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, he spilled his semen on the ground whenever he went in to his brother’s wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you or the rock be removed out of its place?

Psalm 107:17

Some were sick through their sinful ways and because of their iniquities endured affliction;

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 75:4

I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Proverbs 12:16

Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult.

Proverbs 19:16

Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.

Proverbs 19:19

A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn prudence; acquire intelligence, you who lack it.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without sense; they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”

Romans 2:8

while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.

2 Timothy 3:6

For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate immature women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires,