Proverbs 27:4

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Summary

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Cruel, and anger is outrageous

James 1:19

But

General references

Proverbs 6:34

Daniel 2:12

Bible References

Cruel, and anger is outrageous

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

But

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

General references

for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.