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Proverbs 27:4

Proverbs 27:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

cruel, and anger is outrageous: Heb. cruelty, and anger an overflowing, James 1:19-21

but: Proverbs 14:30; Genesis 26:14, Genesis 37:11; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18; Acts 5:17 *marg. Acts 7:9, Acts 17:5; Romans 1:29; James 3:14-16, James 4:5-6; 1 John 3:12

envy: or, jealousy, Proverbs 6:34; Song of Solomon 8:6

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