Proverbs 27:3

New Living Translation

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.

Job 5:2

Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted.

Proverbs 17:12

It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.

Proverbs 27:2

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.

Daniel 3:19

Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.

Numbers 22:27

This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.