Job 5:2
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Cross References
Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.
Proverbs 1:22How long, all of you simple ones, will all of you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame.
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 →