Proverbs 27:4 · KJV
“Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}”
— Proverbs 27:4
A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
Proverbs 27 — Context
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
4Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
5Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
6Faithful {are} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy {are} deceitful. {deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent}
Cross References
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy {is} the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart {is} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
James 3:14-16
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}
1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, {who} was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is} cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which hath a} most vehement flame. {cruel: Heb. hard}