Proverbs 27:4
Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
5Open criticism is better than hidden love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
1 Samuel 18:9From that time on Saul viewed David with suspicion.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge.
Song of Solomon 8:6Stamp my name as a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm, for love is strong as death, passion as unyielding as the grave—its arrows flash like fire, a blazing flame of the Lord.
Acts 5:17However, the high priest and those with him (who were Sadducees) became very jealous and decided to intervene.
Acts 17:5But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they formed a mob. They rioted in the town, and attacked Jason's house. They tried to find Paul and Silas so they could bring them before 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 →