Proverbs 27:4

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Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:34 : 34 for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”? 6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
  • Song 8:6 : 6 The Nature of True LoveThe Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 Further Trouble for the Apostles Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him(that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
  • Jas 1:19-21 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. 20 For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

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    2For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

  • Prov 6:34
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    3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

  • Prov 14:29-30
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    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

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    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

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    14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

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    16For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

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