Verse 2

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:1 : 1 And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him `is' only the kingdom;' 9 and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- `to' Asshur they have gone.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,