3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:3
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 3
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A stoneאֶ֭בֶןH68Noun - feminine singularis heavyכֹּֽבֶד־H3514Noun - masculine singular constructand sandהַח֑וֹלH2344Article | Noun - masculine singular[is] a burdenוְנֵ֣טֶלH5192Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructbut aggravationוְכַ֥עַסH3708Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructfrom a foolאֱ֝וִ֗ילH191Noun - masculine singularoutweighs themכָּבֵ֥דH3515Adjective - masculine singularbothמִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃H8147Preposition-m | Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural