Job 5:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”
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BSBPD
“For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 5:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Genesis 38:9But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
- 1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 19:16He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
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