Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
Young's Literal Translation
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
33A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
Cross References
Numbers 5:14and a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath been defiled; — or, a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath not been defiled —
Judges 19:29and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones — into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.
Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
1 Corinthians 10:22do we arouse 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 →