Proverbs 27:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg,“You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep– all with the sword.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage. 6 But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews(that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

  • Prov 26:3-10
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    75%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

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

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

    7Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.

    8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

    10Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

    9Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

  • Prov 29:11
    74%

    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 14:17
    73%

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Job 5:2
    73%

    2For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

    16A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 29:22
    71%

    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

    6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 19:13
    69%

    13A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

  • Job 6:3
    69%

    3But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17Wisdom versus Fools, Sin, and Folly The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.