Proverbs 27:3

Revised Standard Version

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation 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

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 12:16

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 27:2

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

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

Numbers 22:27

When the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the ass with his staff.

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.