4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:4
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 4
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Wrathחֵ֭מָהH2534Noun - feminine singular[is] cruelאַכְזְרִיּ֣וּתH395Noun - feminine singular constructand angerאָ֑ףH639Noun - masculine singular[is] like a floodוְשֶׁ֣טֶףH7858Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructbut whoוּמִ֥יH4310Conjunctive waw | Interrogativecan withstandיַ֝עֲמֹדH5975Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .לִפְנֵ֥יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructjealousyקִנְאָֽה׃H7068Noun - feminine singular