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Proverbs 27:4
4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Proverbs 27:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
- New International Version (NIV)Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Context of Proverbs 27:4
2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips. 3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love! 6Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:4 word by word
אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְשֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף וּמִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִפְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 27:4
- James 1:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
- Proverbs 14:30A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.
- Genesis 26:14He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
- Genesis 37:11But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.
- Job 5:2Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
- Matthew 27:18(He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
- Acts 5:17The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
- Acts 7:9“These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
- Acts 17:5But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.
- Romans 1:29Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
- James 3:14But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
- James 4:5Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.
- 1 John 3:12We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.
- Proverbs 6:34For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
Commentaries on Proverbs 27:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Who is able to stand before envy? - The rabbins have a curious story on this subject, and it has been formed by the moderns into a fable. There were two persons, one covetous and the other envious, to whom a certain person promised to grant whatever they should ask; but double to him who should ask last. The covetous man would not ask first, because he wished to get the double portion, and the envious man would not make the first request because he could…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Envy - Better, as in the margin, the violence of passion in the husband who thinks himself wronged (compare Proverbs 6:34).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-4Verses 3-4 Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Anger can be dangerous, but a gentle answer can calm it (Proverbs 15:1). Jealousy is more difficult to resolve (Proverbs 6:34–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. envy--or, "jealousy" (compare Margin; Pr 6:34), is more unappeasable than the simpler bad passions.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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