Proverbs 27:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 Abed-nego: 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 ed of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anr, 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 dtroy 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?

  • Prov 26:3-10
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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

    6He 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.

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

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

  • Eccl 7:9
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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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    11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

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

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Though 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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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is esently known: but a udent man covereth shame.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ide: but the lips of the wise shall eserve them.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10A reoof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • Prov 26:27
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    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

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    12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over inces.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Eccl 10:14
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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?

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 19:13
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Job 6:3
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    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.