Proverbs 27:4

All About Life

³ A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
⁴ Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
⁵ Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

Able to Stand

Sin

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Genesis 26:14

for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Job 5:2

“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Song of Songs 8:6

“Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the Lord.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

Acts 17:5

But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

James 1:19-21

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

James 4:5-6

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?