Bible verse
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 5.
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
KJV
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
ASV
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
ERV
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
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