Proverbs 6:34
For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
33He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproch shall neuer be put away.
35He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14If he be moued with a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is defiled, or if he haue a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is not defiled,
Judges 19:29And whe he was come to his house, he took a knife, and laid hand on his concubine, and deuided her in pieces with her bones into twelue parts, and sent her through all quarters of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
1 Corinthians 10:22Doe we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?
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 →