Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
King James Version
In Context
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, 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 →