Proverbs 27:3

Tree of Life Version

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger for it was strong and their rage for it was cruel— I will disperse them in Jacob, I will scatter them in Israel.

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool shows his irritation immediately, but a prudent person overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to deal with 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 and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage and the appearance of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than it was normally heated

Numbers 22:27

When the donkey saw the angel of Adonai, she lay down under Balaam. Balaam was very angry and beat the donkey with his staff.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while his brother’s were righteous.