Job 5:2 “For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

World English Bible

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

American Standard Version

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Geneva Bible 1599

Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

Darby Translation

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

Young's Literal Translation

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

Bible in Basic English

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

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Cross references

“wrath”

Job 18:4 Jonah 4:9

Job 18:4 · BSB

You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

Jonah 4:9 · BSB

Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

“the foolish”

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Psalm 14:1 Psalm 75:4 Psalm 92:6 Psalm 107:17 Proverbs 8:5

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Psalm 14:1 · BSB

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

Psalm 75:4 · BSB

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

Psalm 92:6 · BSB

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Psalm 107:17 · BSB

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Proverbs 8:5 · BSB

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

“envy”

Genesis 30:1 Romans 2:8 1 Samuel 18:8 1 Samuel 18:9

Genesis 30:1 · BSB

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

Romans 2:8 · BSB

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

1 Samuel 18:8 · BSB

And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:9 · BSB

And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

“one”

Hosea 7:11 2 Timothy 3:6

Hosea 7:11 · BSB

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

2 Timothy 3:6 · BSB

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

Also

Proverbs 12:16

Proverbs 12:16 · BSB

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

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