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Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom teacher addresses a student in a discourse warning against adultery, detailing the inevitable consequences for the perpetrator. The words — קִנְאָה (kin'ah) translates to jealousy, and נָקָם (naqam) translates to vengeance. The thread — The intensity of marital jealousy appears in Numbers 5:14 regarding a husband's suspicion, Proverbs 27:4 where jealousy is described as unrelenting, and Song of Solomon 8:6 as unyielding. Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that adultery provokes a wrath that accepts no ransom or gifts, requiring readers to take the sin's consequences seriously.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Cross-references
- Numbers 5:14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
- Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Numbers 25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- Judges 19:29 When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.