Proverbs 27:4
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
5Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.
1 Samuel 18:9Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.
Proverbs 6:34For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.
Acts 5:17Then the chiefe Priest rose vp, and all they that were with him (which was the sect of the Sadduces) and were full of indignation,
Acts 17:5But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine vagabonds and wicked fellowes, and whe they had assembled the multitude, they made a tumult in the citie, and made assault against the house of Iason, and 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 →