Proverbs 27:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

Common English Bible

³ A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ 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 anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

Job 5:2

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's vexation is presently known: But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Daniel 3:19

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

Numbers 22:27

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.