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A stone is heavy,
    and sand is a burden;
    but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Wrath is cruel,
    and anger is overwhelming;
    but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is [a]overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:4 Hebrew a flood.