Proverbs 27:3

New International Version

³Stone is heavy and sand^(A) a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 27:3

International Standard Version

³Rocks are heavy,
and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation outweighs them both.

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.

²²Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle
as someone might crush grain,
his stupidity still won’t leave him.

New International Version (NIV)