Job 5:2

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

Cross References (15)

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9 (6)

    Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

  • Job 18:4 (3)

    You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

  • Psalms 75:4 (3)

    I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

  • Romans 2:8 (3)

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

  • Psalms 14:1 (3)

    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. The

  • 1 Samuel 18:8–9 (3)

    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousan

  • Proverbs 12:16 (3)

    A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

  • Psalms 107:17 (3)

    Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

  • Genesis 30:1 (3)

    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die

  • Psalms 92:6 (3)

    A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

  • Hosea 7:11 (3)

    So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

  • 2 Timothy 3:6 (2)

    They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and l

  • Jonah 4:9 (2)

    Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

  • Proverbs 1:22–23 (2)

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate k

  • Proverbs 8:5 (1)

    O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.