Proverbs 27:4

“Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous, etc.] Or “an inundation”f744; it is like the breaking in of the sea, or a flood of mighty waters, which know no bounds, and there is no stopping them: so cruel and outrageous were the wrath and anger of Simeon and Levi, in destroying the Shechemites; of Pharaoh, in making the Israelites to serve with hard bondage, and ordering their male children to be killed and drowned; and of Herod, in murdering the infants in and about Bethlehem; but who [is] able to stand before envy? which is secret in a man’s heart, and privately contrives and works the ruin of another, and against which there no guarding. All mankind in Adam fell before the envy of Satan;…”

“envy--or, "jealousy" (compare Margin; Pro 6:34), is more unappeasable than the simpler bad passions.”

“Envy - Better, as in the margin, the violence of passion in the husband who thinks himself wronged (compare Proverbs 6:34). return to 'Top of Page'”

“27:4 Anger can be dangerous but can be countered with a gentle answer (15:1). Jealousy is harder to resolve (6:34-35).”

“cruel, and anger is outrageous: Heb. cruelty, and anger an overflowing, Jam 1:19-21 but: Pro 14:30; Gen 26:14, Gen 37:11; Job 5:2; Mat 27:18; Act 5:17 \*marg. Act 7:9, Act 17:5; Rom 1:29; Jam 3:14-16, Jam 4:5, Jam 4:6; Jo1 3:12 envy: or, jealousy, Pro 6:34; Sol 8:6 Proverbs 27:5”

“4 The madness of anger, and the overflowing of wrath - And before jealousy who keeps his place! Here also the two pairs of words 4a stand in connection; אכזריּוּת (for which the Cod. Jaman has incorrectly אכזריות) is the connecting form; vid., regarding אכזרי, Pro 5:9. Let one imagine the blind, relentless rage of extreme excitement and irritation, a boiling over of anger like a water-flood, which bears everything down along with it - these paroxysms of wrath do not usually continue long, and it is possible to appease them; but jealousy is a passion that not only rages, but reckons calmly; it incessantly ferments through the mind, and when it breaks forth, he perishes irretrievably who is…”