Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Proverbs 27:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool's [unreasoning] wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them. American Standard Version (1901) A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. Common English Bible A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both. Catholic Public Domain Version A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. |
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?
Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
When the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the ass with his staff.
and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.