Proverbs 27:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Cross References

Daniel 3:19

Nebuchadnezzar’s face became livid with utter rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

Proverbs 17:12

Face a bear robbed of her cubs, but never fools in their folly!

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their fury so fierce, and their rage so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob, disperse them throughout Israel.

Job 5:2

Surely impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton.

Proverbs 12:16

Fools immediately show their anger, but the shrewd conceal contempt.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel, and wrath overwhelming, but before jealousy who can stand?

Numbers 22:27

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord there, she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger flared up and he beat the donkey with his stick.