Proverbs 27:3

Proverbs 27:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
• New International Version (NIV)Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

Context of Proverbs 27:3

1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. 2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. 4Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? 5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:3 word by word

כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• heavyכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
• sandחוֹלchôl · sandH2344

Cross-references for Proverbs 27:3

• Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
• Genesis 34:25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
• 1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
• Esther 5:6And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.
• Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
• 1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.

Commentaries on Proverbs 27:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Compare Sirach 22:15; a like comparison between the heaviest material burdens and the more intolerable load of unreasoning passion.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-4Verses 3-4 Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Fools create strong resentment with their foolish words and actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. heavy--The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral. a fool's wrath--is unreasonable and excessive.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 27:3

• Anger

In the dictionaries

• Answer
• Boast
• Bray
• Contentious
• Look
• Soul
• Wrath
• Grief; Grieve
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Proverbs 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings