Proverbs 27:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy?

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  • Prov 6:34 : 34 For jealousy is a husband's fury: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 For he had possessors of flocks, and possessors of herds, and a great number of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
  • Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its coals are coals of fire, with a most vehement flame.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
  • Jas 1:19-21 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger: 20 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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    2For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

  • Prov 6:34
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    34For jealousy is a husband's fury: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

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    5Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously?

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    3For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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