Verse 4

Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:34 : 34 For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated,
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth. 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe. 16 For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie? 6 But the scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 For he had possessio of sheepe, of oxen, and a myghtie housholde: and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Iewes whiche beleued not, moued with enuie, toke vnto them certaine vagaboundes and euyll men, and gathered a companie, and set all the citie on a rore, and made assault vnto the house of Iason, & sought to bryng them out to the people.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes, fornication, craftynesse, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, murther, debate, deceite, euyll conditioned, whysperers,
  • Song 8:6 : 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart, and as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, and gelousie as the hell.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 For he knewe, that for enuy they had delyuered hym.
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the chiefe priest rose vp, and all they that were with hym, which is the sect of the Saducees, and were full of indignation:
  • Jas 1:19-21 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. 20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God. 21 Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.