Proverbs 6:34
For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,
Catholic Public Domain 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
33He gathers shame and dishonor to himself, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion,
Judges 19:29And when he had arrived, he took up a sword, and he cut into pieces the dead body of his wife, with her bones, into twelve parts. And he sent the pieces into all the parts of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
1 Corinthians 10:22Or should we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is? All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient.
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 →