Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Darby Translation
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 praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
4Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Cross References
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
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 →