Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
LXX2012 (US 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 your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a stranger, and not your own lips.
4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.
Cross References
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was + 49:7 more lit. hardened or aggravated. cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doec, Turn you, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and killed the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing + 22:18 Alex. a linen ephod. an ephod.
Proverbs 17:12Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
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 →