Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
In Context
33Wounds and dishonor he shall get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
35He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14and the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled, or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled,
Judges 19:29And when he came into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →