Proverbs 27:4 “Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealou…”

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

American Standard Version

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Geneva Bible 1599

Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

Darby Translation

Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Young's Literal Translation

Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

Bible in Basic English

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“cruel, and anger is outrageous”

James 1:19–21

James 1:19–21 · BSB

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

“but”

Proverbs 14:30 James 3:14–16 Job 5:2 Matthew 27:18 Acts 7:9 1 John 3:12

Proverbs 14:30 · BSB

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

James 3:14–16 · BSB

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

Job 5:2 · BSB

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

Matthew 27:18 · BSB

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

Acts 7:9 · BSB

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

1 John 3:12 · BSB

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

“envy”

Proverbs 6:34 Song of Solomon 8:6

Proverbs 6:34 · BSB

For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Song of Solomon 8:6 · BSB

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

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

In context

3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

Read Proverbs 27