For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool's anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Treasury of Scripture
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
wrath.
Job 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Jonah 4:9
And 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.
the foolish.
Psalm 14:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 75:4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
envy.
Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8,9
And 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? …
Romans 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
one.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
