Job 5:2

Tree of Life Version

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!”

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the seed would not be his. So every time he went to his brother’s wife he would destroy it on the ground so as not to provide a seed for his brother.

Job 18:4

You, who tear yourself to pieces in anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or must a rock be moved from its place?

Psalm 107:17

Some became fools because of their rebellious ways, and were afflicted due to their iniquities.

Psalm 14:1

For the music director, of David. The fool said in his heart: “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 75:4

When the earth wavers with living on it, I Myself hold its pillars firm. Selah

Psalm 92:6

How great are Your works, Adonai! How profound are Your thoughts!

Proverbs 12:16

A fool shows his irritation immediately, but a prudent person overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 19:16

One who keeps a mitzvah guards his soul, but one who neglects His ways will die.

Proverbs 19:19

One with great rage will pay a penalty. For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 8:5

O naïve ones, learn prudence! Fools, gain understanding!

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a senseless silly dove, they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good for you to be so angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said, “I am angry enough to die!”

Romans 2:8

But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—wrath and fury.

2 Timothy 3:6

For among these are those who slip into households and deceive weak women weighed down with sins, led away by various desires,