Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
5Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm. For love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as Sheol. The flashes of it are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.
Acts 5:17But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy.
Acts 17:5But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:4-5
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? These two verses show the intolerable mischief, 1. Of ungoverned passion. The wrath of a fool, who when he is provoked cares not what he says and does, is more grievous than a great stone or a load of sand. It lies heavily upon himself. Those who have no command of their passions do themselves even sink under the load of them. The wrath of a fool… Read the whole commentary →