Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
Literal Standard 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 finds a stroke and shame, || And his reproach is not wiped away,
Cross References
Numbers 5:14and a spirit of jealousy has passed over him, and he has been jealous [for] his wife, and she has been defiled—or a spirit of jealousy has passed over him, and he has been jealous [for] his wife, and she has not been defiled—
Judges 19:29and comes into his house, and takes the knife, and lays hold on his concubine, and cuts her in pieces to her bones—into twelve pieces, and sends her into all the border of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?
1 Corinthians 10:22do we arouse the LORD to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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 →