4 Wrath 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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Wrath חֵ֭מָה H2534 Noun - feminine singular [is] cruel אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת H395 Noun - feminine singular construct and anger אָ֑ף H639 Noun - masculine singular [is] like a flood וְשֶׁ֣טֶף H7858 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct but who וּמִ֥י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative can withstand יַ֝עֲמֹד H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . לִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct jealousy קִנְאָֽה׃ H7068 Noun - feminine singular