Proverbs 6:34
Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:
35Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion,
Judges 19:29And when he was come home he took a sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts, and sent the pieces into all the borders of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not 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 →