Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy makes a man furious; 1 he will show no mercy when he takes his revenge. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
33Wounds and shame are what he deserves 1 and his disgrace will not be wiped away. 1
35He will accept no compensation 1 and he cannot be bought off, though you offer him many gifts.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14nevertheless, a spirit of jealousy might still inform the husband that his wife is defiled. However, a spirit of jealousy might falsely come on a man when his wife is not defiled.
Judges 19:29When the Levite came to his house, he took a knife, and he took hold of his concubine, and cut her up, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent the pieces everywhere throughout Israel.
Proverbs 27:4There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, 1 but who is able to stand before jealousy? 1
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? 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 →