3 A 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 stone אֶ֭בֶן H68 Noun - feminine singular is heavy כֹּֽבֶד־ H3514 Noun - masculine singular construct and sand הַח֑וֹל H2344 Article | Noun - masculine singular [is] a burden וְנֵ֣טֶל H5192 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct but aggravation וְכַ֥עַס H3708 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct from a fool אֱ֝וִ֗יל H191 Noun - masculine singular outweighs them כָּבֵ֥ד H3515 Adjective - masculine singular both מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ H8147 Preposition-m | Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural