Proverbs 27:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wrathb is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? ”

Proverbs 27:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Envy - Better, as in the margin, the violence of passion in the husband who thinks himself wronged (compare Proverbs 6:34 ).
Proverbs 27:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before (b) envy? (b) For the envious are obstinate, and cannot be reconciled.
Proverbs 27:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. Proverbs 27:3 . cf. Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverb...
Proverbs 27:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

envy . jealousy.
Proverbs 27:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 812 ENVY Proverbs 27:4 . Who is able to stand before envy? MAN is an enemy to his fellow man: nor is there any one who does not on some occasion experience reason for this complaint...
Proverbs 27:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Who is able to stand before envy? - The rabbins have a curious story on this subject, and it has been formed by th...
Proverbs 27:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Wrath (is) cruel (cruelty itself), and anger (is) outrageous (overflowing, like a torrent, unexpectedly, overwhe...
Proverbs 27:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sundry Observations. Agriculture 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant ( Song of Solomon 8:6 ). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be...
Proverbs 27:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But who is able to stand before envy? — Rather, jealousy. (Comp. Proverbs 6:34 .) “Wrath” and “anger” rage for awhile like a storm, and then subside; but jealousy can never be completely set at...
Proverbs 27:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of...
Proverbs 27:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hearty Counsel” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is friends , Proverbs 27:6 ; Proverbs 27:9-10 ; Proverbs 27:14 ; Proverbs 27:17 ; Proverbs 19:1-29 . Friends, according to...
Proverbs 27:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:5 . This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14 . There is nothing more calculate...
Proverbs 27:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ang...
Proverbs 27:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous ,.... Or "an inundation" x; it is like the breaking in of the sea, or a flood of mighty waters, which know no bounds, and there is no stopping them: so cr...
Proverbs 27:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy? Ver. 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous. ] Or, Overflowing all the banks, or carrying all before it as...
Proverbs 27:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wrath is cruel And doth many barbarous things; and anger is outrageous Often depriving a man of the proper use of his reason, and hurrying him into many mischiefs and miseries; but who is able t...
Proverbs 27:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third...
Proverbs 27:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? T...
Proverbs 27:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Envy is worse than both of them, partly, because it is more unjust and unreasonable, as not caused by any provocation, as wrath and anger are, but only proceeding from a malignity of mind, whereby a...
Proverbs 27:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:4 . Delitzsch reads this verse “ The madness of anger and the overflowing of wrath, and before jealousy who keeps his place? ” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 27:3-4...
Proverbs 27:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or wha...
Proverbs 27:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:2 . Let another man praise thee. A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Je...
Proverbs 27:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Anger and envy I. The evil principles indicated in the text are extensively and dangerously prevalent. To be irrit...
Proverbs 27:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow. He boasts himself ( Proverbs 25:14 )...
Proverbs 27:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exaltation of Self Leads to Folly
Proverbs 27:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:12 ; Acts 17:5 ; Acts 5:17 ; Acts 7:9 ; Genesis 26:14 ; Genesis 37:11 ; James 1:19-21 ; James 3:14-16 ; James 4:5 ; James 4:6 ; Job 5:2 ; Matthew 27:18 ; Proverbs 14:30 ; Prove...
Proverbs 27:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Making the Most of Life Proverbs 27:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Te...

Proverbs 27:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 27:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 27:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 27:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 27:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 27:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 27:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary