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Job 5:2
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Job 5:2
2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and ‖enuy slayeth the silly one.
- Or, indignation.
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Job 5:2
Intense anger or indignation; also judgment or punishment proceeding from such anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting without proper regard for truth or what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Resentful desire at another's good; as a verb, to feel such jealousy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Simple, foolish, or easily deceived.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Open the full verse study8And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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Open the full verse study1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
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Open the full verse study11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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Open the full verse study4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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Open the full verse study16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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Open the full verse study17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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Open the full verse study1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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Open the full verse study4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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Open the full verse study6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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Open the full verse study8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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Open the full verse study6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
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Open the full verse study9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
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Open the full verse study22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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Open the full verse study5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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