Job 5:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy 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 said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the 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 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 ¶ To 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 fools, Deal not foolishly: 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 the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 ¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth 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 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to 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 contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

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