Job 5:2

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For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

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  • Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!'
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 Saul became very angry at this and it displeased him greatly. He said, "They have credited David with tens of thousands but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?" 9 From that day onward, Saul kept a close and suspicious eye on David.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolving, but I have set its pillars firmly. Selah.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim is like a dove—easily deceived, without understanding. They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And Jonah replied, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to the point of death.'
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires.

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  • Job 5:3
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    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

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    3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

    4Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?

  • Prov 14:16-18
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    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 73:3
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    3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Prov 6:34
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    34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

  • Prov 14:29-30
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    29Whoever is patient shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered person promotes folly.

    30A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Job 5:1
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    1Call now—will anyone answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 10:18
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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?

  • Prov 12:16
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    16Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at making amends for guilt, but goodwill is found among the upright.

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    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

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    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

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    6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.

    7Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

  • Ps 5:5
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    5For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You.

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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

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    2The roar of a king is like the growl of a young lion; whoever provokes him to anger risks his life.

  • Prov 16:14
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    14A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

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    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

  • Eccl 10:13
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    13The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.