Cross references

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood,

but who can withstand jealousy?

Proverbs 27:4 BSB

Proverbs 27:4 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 6:34 (7 votes) and Proverbs 14:30 (6 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 26 to 1 John 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 27:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

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

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

  3. But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. …

  4. Job 5:24 votes

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

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

  6. Acts 7:93 votes

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

  7. 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.

  8. He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

  9. And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

  10. 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.

  11. Acts 17:52 votes
  12. Acts 5:171 vote

Which verses point to Proverbs 27:4?

The 10 strongest of 34.