Proverbs 27:3

Modern English Version

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the wrath of a fool is heavier than both.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

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.

Job 5:2

For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s anger is shown at once, but a prudent man ignores an insult.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs 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 fury is a torrent, but who is able to stand before envy?

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

Numbers 22:27

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam was inflamed, and he struck the donkey with a staff.

1 John 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.