Job 5:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:1 : 1 Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he sayd: They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, & to me but a thousande: and what can he more haue, saue the kingdome? 9 Wherfore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forwarde.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 He destroyeth him selfe with his anger: Shall the earth be forsaken, or any stone remoued out of his place because of thee?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke, there is not one that doth good.
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 I sayd vnto fooles deale not so madly: & to the vngodly set not vp your horne.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes: & for their wickednes.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge? 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim is like a doue that is begyled and hath no heart: nowe call they vpon the Egyptians, now go they to the Assyrians.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And the Lord saide vnto Ionas: Doest thou well to be so angry within thy selfe for the gourde? And he saide: I do well to be angry euen vnto death.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But vnto them that are contentious, & that do not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation, and wrath.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 These are they, which enter into houses, & leade captiue simple women laden with sinne, caryed with diuers lustes:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 3 I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Prov 27:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

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

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    16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

    18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • 3 For I enuied at the case of the foolishe: I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie.

  • 34 For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated,

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    29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.

    30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.

  • 32 For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • 1 Crye I pray thee, if there be any that will aunswere thee, & loke thou vpon any of the holy.

  • 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • 9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • 18 As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

  • 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • 5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1 A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.

    2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.

  • 23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • 20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

  • 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • 23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.

  • 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?

  • 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7 Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

    9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.

  • 8 Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.

  • 18 And seeing there is wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee.

  • Eccl 7:6-7
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    6 For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

    7 The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.

  • 36 But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.

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    5 Suche as be foolishe, can not stande in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquitie.

  • 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

  • 14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

  • 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour.

  • 21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • 19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked:

  • 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

  • 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.