Proverbs 27:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Ecclus. 22:15; a like comparison between the heaviest material burdens and the more intolerable load of unreasoning passion.
Proverbs 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. Proverbs 27:3 . cf. Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverb...
Proverbs 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fool's. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . them. Should be "they".
Proverbs 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. A stone ... the sand ... a fool's wrath is heavier than them both - both to himself and to others. Wrath...
Proverbs 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sundry Observations. Agriculture 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant ( Song of Solomon 8:6 ). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be...
Proverbs 27:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both — i.e., harder to bear. (Comp. Sir. 12:15.) The “fool” here ( evil ) is the headstrong, self-willed person. who has never learned to control himself,...
Proverbs 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of...
Proverbs 27:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hearty Counsel” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is friends , Proverbs 27:6 ; Proverbs 27:9-10 ; Proverbs 27:14 ; Proverbs 27:17 ; Proverbs 19:1-29 . Friends, according to...
Proverbs 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:5 . This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14 . There is nothing more calculate...
Proverbs 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ang...
Proverbs 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty ,.... As was the stone which was at the well's mouth, where Laban's flocks were watered, which could not be rolled away till all the shepherds were gathered...
Proverbs 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both. Ver. 3. But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.] Himself cannot rule nor repress it, but that he dies...
Proverbs 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A stone is heavy, &c., but a fool's wrath is heavier More grievous and intolerable, as being without cause, without measure, and without end. “Fools and unskilful people,” says Melancthon, “are...
Proverbs 27:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third...
Proverbs 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? T...
Proverbs 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Heavier; more grievous and intolerable, as being without cause, without measure, and without end.
Proverbs 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:4 . Delitzsch reads this verse “ The madness of anger and the overflowing of wrath, and before jealousy who keeps his place? ” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 27:3-4...
Proverbs 27:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or wha...
Proverbs 27:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:2 . Let another man praise thee. A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Je...
Proverbs 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sand weighty. The weight of sand By a fool this book means, not so much intellectual feebleness as moral and religious obliquity, which are the stupidest things that a man can be guilty of. The...
Proverbs 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow. He boasts himself ( Proverbs 25:14 )...
Proverbs 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exaltation of Self Leads to Folly
Proverbs 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:12 ; 1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; Daniel 3:19 ; Esther 3:5 ; Esther 3:6 ; Genesis 34:25 ; Genesis 34:26 ; Genesis 49:7 ; Proverbs 17:12
Proverbs 27:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Making the Most of Life Proverbs 27:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Te...
Proverbs 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Heavier — More grievous, being without cause, without measure, and without end.

Proverbs 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 27:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes