Proverbs 27:3
Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— 1 the provocation of a fool is heavier than both. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 someone else praise you and not your own mouth; 1 a stranger and not your own lips. 1
4There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, 1 but who is able to stand before jealousy? 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:7May their anger be cursed, 1 for it was fierce—and their fury, for it was cruel. 1 I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. 1
1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “Turn and kill the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests; he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod that day.
Proverbs 17:12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs 1 than to meet a fool in his foolishness. 1
1 John 3:12We should not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil and his brother's 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 →