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Proverbs 27:3
3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
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
1Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring. 2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips. A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. 4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:3 word by word
כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 27:3
- Proverbs 17:12It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
- Genesis 34:25But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
- Genesis 49:7A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.
- 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty-five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.
- Esther 5:6And while they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now tell me what you really want. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”
- Daniel 3:19Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.
- 1 John 3:12We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was 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
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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
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