Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
In Context
3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
1 Samuel 18:9Saul watched David from that day and forward.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.
Acts 5:17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy
Acts 17:5But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
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 →