Proverbs 27:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?”
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“Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 27:4 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- 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 18:9And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Matthew 27:18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
- Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
- Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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