Proverbs 27:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death. 26 And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod. 19 And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath. 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:4
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    4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

  • Prov 26:3-10
    8 verses
    75%

    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

    4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

    6 He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

    7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

    8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

    9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

    10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

    9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

  • Prov 29:11
    74%

    11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 14:17
    73%

    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Job 5:2
    73%

    2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

    16 A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 29:22
    71%

    22 An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9 If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

    6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

    16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12 It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 19:13
    69%

    13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

  • Job 6:3
    69%

    3 For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.