Proverbs 27:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.”
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“A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 27:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- Numbers 22:27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
- Proverbs 17:12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- Daniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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