Proverbs 27:4
Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
5Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul is eyeing David from that day and from then on.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, || For strong as death is love, || Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, || Its burnings [are] burnings of fire, a flame of YAH!
Acts 5:17And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him—being the sect of the Sadducees—were filled with zeal,
Acts 17:5And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the agitators, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having also assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,
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 →