Proverbs 27:3
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- KJV
- A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
- WEB
- A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
- ASV
- A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool`s vexation is heavier than they both.
- DARBY
- A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
- BLB
- The heaviness of a stone and the weight of the sand—and the anger of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
- ÅB
- Steinen er tung, og sanden veier meget, men dårens harme er tyngre enn begge.
- OTB
- En stein er tung og sand er byrdefull, men en dåres provokasjon er tyngre enn begge.
- B1930
- Stenen er tung, og sanden veier meget, men dårens harme er tyngre enn begge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 3:19
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Read in context1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Read in contextGenesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Read in context1 Samuel 22:18–19
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
Read in contextGenesis 34:25–26
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Read in contextEsther 3:5–6
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
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