Job 5:2
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 30:1And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.
1 Samuel 18:8Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, and what can he haue more saue the kingdome?
Psalms 14:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, and done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 92:6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
Proverbs 1:22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
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 →