Proverbs 27:4
Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
Proverbs 6:34Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
Song of Solomon 8:6Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.
Acts 5:17Then the high prist rising up, and all they that were with him, (which is the heresy of the Sadducees,) were filled with envy.
Acts 17:5But the Jews, moved with envy, and taking unto them some wicked men of the vulgar sort, and making a tumult, set the city in an uproar; and besetting Jason's house, sought to bring them out unto 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 →