Proverbs 6:34
For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
Bible in Basic English
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 will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:
Judges 19:29And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
1 Corinthians 10:22Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? 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 →