Proverbs 27:3
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
In Context
2Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Cross References
Genesis 49:7A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
Proverbs 17:12It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
1 John 3:12Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:3
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. Note, 1. We must do that which is commendable, for which even strangers may praise us. Our light must shine before men, and we must do good works that may be seen, though we must not do them on purpose that they may be seen. Let our own works be such as will praise us, even in the gates, Phil. iv. 8 . 2. When we have done it we must not commend ourselves, for that is an evidence of pride, folly, and self-love, and a great… Read the whole commentary →