Proverbs 27:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:12 : 12 The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male; 26 and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed `is' their anger, for `it is' fierce, And their wrath, for `it is' sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, 19 and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury, 6 and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:4
    77%

    4Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

  • Prov 26:3-10
    8 verses
    75%

    3A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

    6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

    7Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So `is' he who is giving honour to a fool.

    9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10Great `is' the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    74%

    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24The face of the intelligent `is' to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 14:17
    73%

    17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Job 5:2
    73%

    2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29Whoso is slow to anger `is' of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.

    16The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Prov 29:22
    71%

    22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He `is' a fool.'

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

    6For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools `is' folly.

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

    16Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23To execute inventions `is' as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 19:13
    69%

    13A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.

  • Job 6:3
    69%

    3For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.