Proverbs 27:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.

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  • Prov 17:12 : 12 ¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 ¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 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.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 ¶ 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. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
  • Gen 49:7 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 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. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai.

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    4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

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    3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

    6¶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

    7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.

    9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10¶ The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

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    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

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    17¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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    29¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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    2¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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    22¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

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    22¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    20¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

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    10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    10¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

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    17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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    3¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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    6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

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