Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge.
Free Bible Version
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 will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed.
35He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14But if her husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, whether she's guilty or not,
Judges 19:29When he got home he took a knife, and holding onto his concubine, cut her up, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent these pieces of her to every part of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
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 →