Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
New Heart English Bible
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 will get wounds and dishonor.His reproach will not be wiped away.
35He won't regard any ransom,neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Cross References
Numbers 5:14and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled:
Judges 19:29When he had come into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his concubine and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel,and anger is overwhelming;but who is able to stand before jealousy?
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than 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 →