Proverbs 27:4
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Darby Translation
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 them both.
5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man, 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 thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.
Acts 5:17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
Acts 17:5But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring 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 →