Proverbs 27:3
A stone hath heaviness, and the sand, weight; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.
Leeser Tanakh
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 praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
4Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Cross References
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou round, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned round, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
Proverbs 17:12A man may meet a she-bear robbed of her whelps, but not a fool in his folly.
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 →