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Job 5:2 · KJV

“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}”

— Job 5:2

Verse 1

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}

Verse 3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 5 — Context

1

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}

2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}

3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Psalms 92:6

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

1 Samuel 18:8-9

And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed {but} thousands: and {what} can he have more but the kingdom? {displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes}

Psalms 14:1

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {There is} no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, {there is} none that doeth good.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent {man} covereth shame. {presently: Heb. in that day}

Psalms 75:4

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

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