Job 5:2

Eliphaz's Response Continues

¹ “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
² “For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.
³ “I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

Foolish Man

Job

No

Genesis 30:1

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.”

1 Samuel 18:8-9

Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

Job 18:4

“O you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?

Psalm 14:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

Psalm 75:4

“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn;

Psalm 92:6

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

Psalm 107:17

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Proverbs 1:22-23

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 8:5

“O naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand wisdom.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent man conceals dishonor.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”

Romans 2:8

but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

2 Timothy 3:6

For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,