Job 5:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:1 : 1 And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, & he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, & to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, & what can he haue more saue the kingdome? 9 Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge? 23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 (7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim also is like a doue deceiued, without heart: they call to Egypt: they go to Asshur.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou wel to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But vnto them that are contentious and disobey the trueth, and obey vnrighteousnesse, shalbe indignation and wrath.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are they which creepe into houses, and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes,

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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

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    32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

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    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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    9(7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

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    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

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    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

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    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

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    18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

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    6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

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    8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

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    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.