Proverbs 27:4

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

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

envy . jealousy.
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...
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 s...
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 (...
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 f...
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 sub...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 kn...
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, Overfl...
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 in...
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 ari...
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;...
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 on...
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 hi...
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...
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 per...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exaltation of Self Leads to Folly
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, literally, "Raving is anger and wrath is overflowing," like a flood which carries everything before it; but...
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 ; J...
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 op...

⁴ Wrathb is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 27:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 27:4