Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
5Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
1 Samuel 18:9And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
Proverbs 6:34For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
Song of Solomon 8:6Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.
Acts 5:17But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,
Acts 17:5But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
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 →