Proverbs 27:3

New International Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

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

Job 5:2

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Proverbs 12:16

Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

Proverbs 27:2

Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:4

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

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual

Numbers 22:27

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.