OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 27:4

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Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Verse 4. And who. Septuagint “but envy (zeal) beareth nothing.” The more we yield to the envious, the more he is offended at our good behaviour.

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