Proverbs 27:3
Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
Free Bible Version
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 others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
4Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Cross References
Genesis 49:7I curse their anger because it is too harsh; I curse their fury because it is too cruel! I will separate their descendants throughout Jacob; I will scatter them throughout Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You kill the priests!” Doeg the Edomite attacked and killed the priests, killing eighty-five men wearing the priestly ephod.
Proverbs 17:12Better to meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs than a stupid person and their foolishness.
1 John 3:12We cannot be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and murdered his brother. Why did he murder him? Because Cain did what was evil, while his brother did what was right.
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 →