“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?—a statement that jealousy exceeds anger in destructiveness, establishing a hierarchy of dangerous emotions. The rhetorical question suggests that no one can withstand jealous rage. The theological significance involves the principle of jealousy as uniquely destructive.
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