Proverbs 27:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

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  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hee charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wont to be heat.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And on the thirde day (when they were sore) two of the sonnes of Iaakob, Simeon and Leui, Dinahs brethren tooke either of them his sworde and went into the citie boldly, and slue euery male. 26 They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruell: I will deuide them in Iaakob, and scatter them in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests; Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod. 19 Also Nob the citie of the Priestes smote he with the edge of the sword, both man & woman, both childe and suckling, both oxe and asse, and sheepe with the edge of the sword.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman sawe that Mordecai bowed not the knee vnto him, nor did reuerence vnto him, then Haman was full of wrath. 6 Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:4
    77%

    4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

  • Prov 26:3-10
    8 verses
    75%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

    7As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    8As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.

    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

    10The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole & rewardeth the transgressers.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

    9(7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Prov 29:11
    74%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 14:17
    73%

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Job 5:2
    73%

    2Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 29:22
    71%

    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27He that diggeth a pit shal fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 19:13
    69%

    13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

  • Job 6:3
    69%

    3For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.