Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For jealousy {H7068} is the rage {H2534} of a man {H1397}: therefore he will not spare {H2550} in the day {H3117} of vengeance {H5359}.

For jealousy drives a man into a rage; he will show no mercy when he takes revenge;

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

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Song Of Solomon 8:6 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Proverbs 27:4 (3 votes)

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

  • Numbers 5:14 (2 votes)

    And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

  • Numbers 25:11 (1 votes)

    Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22 (1 votes)

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  • Judges 19:29 (1 votes)

    And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

  • Judges 19:30 (1 votes)

    And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].