Proverbs 27:3 - The Scriptures 1998

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.

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King 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.

Proverbs 27:3 Cross References

Genesis 49:7

“Cursed be their displeasure for it is fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Yaʽ

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a clever one covers shame.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth – A stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel and displeasure overwhelming, But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Daniel 3:19

Then Neḇ

Numbers 22:27

And when the donkey saw the Messenger of יהוה, she lay down under Bilʽ

1 John 3:12

not as Qayin who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were wicked but those of his brother were righteous.