Job 5:2
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Cross References
Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
1 Samuel 18:8Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →