Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.
Leeser Tanakh
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
33Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14And the spirit of jealousy come over him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she have been defiled; or the spirit of jealousy come over him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she have not been defiled:
Judges 19:29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her about in all the territory of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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 →