Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Cruel, and anger is outrageous
But
General references
Bible References
Cruel, and anger is outrageous
James 1:19
Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving];
But
Proverbs 14:30
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
Genesis 26:14
he owned flocks and herds and a great household [with a number of servants], and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11
Joseph’s brothers were envious and jealous of him, but his father kept the words [of Joseph] in mind [wondering about their meaning].
Job 5:2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Matthew 27:18
For Pilate knew that it was because of jealousy that the chief priests and elders had handed Jesus over to him.
Acts 5:17
But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment.
Acts 17:5
But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.
Romans 1:29
until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
James 4:5
Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?
1 John 3:12
and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
General references
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.
For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.
Daniel 2:12
Because of this the king was indignant and extremely furious and gave a command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.