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Proverbs 27:4Prov.27.4

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La fureur est cruelle et la colère impétueuse, Mais qui résistera devant la jalousie?

KJV

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    than hatred? Objection 1: It would seem that anger is more grievous than hatred. For it is written ( Prov. 27:4 ) that "anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth." But hatred sometimes has mercy. Therefore anger is more grievous than hatred. Objection 2: Further, it is…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    something in the future, so that while they are disposed in that way they are pitiless, according to Prov. 27:4 : "Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth." For the same reason the proud are without pity, because they despise others, and think them wicked, so that th…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ness, seems to be more impetuous than desire, which is controlled by temperance. For it is written ( Prov. 27:4 ): "Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth; and who can bear the violence [impetum] of one provoked?" Therefore meekness is a principal virtue rather than…

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