Proverbs 6:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Referenced Verses

Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
Num 5:14 : 14 and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Num 25:11 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Judg 19:29-30 : 29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 6:35
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35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Prov 6:33
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33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Prov 27:4
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4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Nah 1:2
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2Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
Num 5:14
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14and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Job 5:2
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2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Prov 29:22
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22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
Deut 29:20
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20Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Prov 19:19
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19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
Job 36:18
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18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
Prov 21:26
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26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Prov 14:17
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17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Deut 6:15
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15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Jas 1:20
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20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Prov 24:18
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18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
Num 5:29-30
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29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
30or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
Prov 6:15
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15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Joel 2:18
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18Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
Prov 15:18
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18A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Prov 6:30-31
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30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Ezek 16:38
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38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Zeph 1:18
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18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Job 27:22
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22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
Ps 2:5
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5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Prov 22:24
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24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Prov 21:14
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14A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
Mic 5:15
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15And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.
Prov 26:18
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18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
Ezek 16:42
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42So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Isa 57:17
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17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Isa 9:19
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19Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.
Deut 19:6
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6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
Ps 109:16
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16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
Prov 14:30
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30A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Deut 7:10
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10and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Ps 79:5
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5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Exod 34:14
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14(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);
Deut 32:35
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35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Exod 22:24
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24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Deut 19:12
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12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Prov 21:7
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7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Ps 37:32
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32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Jer 5:9
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9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Prov 24:29
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29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Prov 17:19
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19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
Jer 44:6
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6Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
Prov 17:13
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13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Num 35:20
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20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,