Job 5:2

American Standard Version (1901)

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:1 : 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation,
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

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