Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
ASV Byzantine Text
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 they both.
5Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
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, A very flame of Jehovah.
Acts 5:17But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
Acts 17:5But the Jews that were disobedient took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them 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 →