Proverbs 27:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

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  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nabuchodonozor full of indignation, so that the countenaunce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego: therefore he charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace, one seuen times more then it was wont to be heat.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And the thirde day, whyles they were sore, two of the sonnes of Iacob, Simeon & Leui Dinas brethren, toke eyther of them his sworde, and went into the citie boldely, and slue all that was male, 26 And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king sayde to Doeg: Turne thou, & fall vpon the priestes. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ranne vpon the priestes, & slue that same day fourescore and fiue persons that did weare a linnen Ephod. 19 And Nob the citie of ye priestes, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklinges, oxen and asses, & sheepe, with the edge of the sworde.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman sawe that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him, nor dyd reuerence vnto hym, he was full of indignation, 6 And thought it to litle to lay handes onely on Mardocheus, for they had shewed him the nation of Mardocheus: wherefore he sought to destroy all the Iewes that were throughout the whole empire of Ahasuerus, and that were of the nation of Mardocheus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:4
    77%

    4Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?

  • Prov 26:3-10
    8 verses
    75%

    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

    6As he that cutteth of his messengers feete endamageth himselfe: so doth he that committeth a message to a foole.

    7Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    8He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.

    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

    9Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Prov 29:11
    74%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 14:17
    73%

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Job 5:2
    73%

    2As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 29:22
    71%

    22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 19:13
    69%

    13An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.

  • Job 6:3
    69%

    3For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.