King James Version (KJV)

Job 5:2

โ€œFor wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Job 5

1

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].

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