Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
5Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11starres made obeysaunce to me. 10 And when he had tolde it to his father and his brethren, his father rebuked hym, and sayde vnto him: What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in deede come to bowe to thee? 11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.
Proverbs 6:34For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated,
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 →