Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Cross-references
Proverbs 27:4 echoes that jealousy is fierce and relentless—matching the furious husband in 6:34.
Song of Solomon 8:6 similarly declares jealousy as fierce as the grave, reinforcing the intensity of a husband’s rage described here.
Genesis 34:25 shows Simeon and Levi’s fierce vengeance for Dinah’s defilement, embodying the jealous rage described here.
Genesis 39:19 records Potiphar’s burning anger when he believes his wife was violated, a direct instance of a husband’s jealous fury.
1 Corinthians 10:22 warns against provoking God’s jealousy, mirroring the human jealousy that leads to vengeance in this verse.
Genesis 34:31 justifies the brothers’ bloody revenge, echoing the uncompromising vengeance jealousy produces in this proverb.
Exodus 20:5 describes God’s jealous punishment for sin, paralleling the human jealousy that brings relentless vengeance here.
Numbers 5:14 introduces the law for a jealous husband—parallels the jealous fury described in Proverbs 6:34.
Deuteronomy 29:20 speaks of God’s smoking jealousy and anger against the disobedient, reflecting the same fierce jealousy as this verse.
Ezekiel 23:25 describes God setting His jealousy against Israel to bring furious punishment, paralleling the husband’s jealous vengeance here.