Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Berean Standard Bible
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 you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Cross References
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
Proverbs 17:12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were 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 →