John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 27:3
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 together, Genesis 29:2 ; and like the burdensome stone Jerusalem is compared to Zechariah 12:3 ; and as that at the sepulchre of Christ, rolled away by the angel, Matthew 28:2 . And sand is a very ponderous thing; difficult to be carried, as the Septuagint render it, as a bag of it is; and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 27:3-4
These two verses show the intolerable mischief, 1. Of ungoverned passion. The wrath of a fool, who when he is provoked cares not what he says and does, is more grievous than a great stone or a load of sand. It lies heavily upon himself. Those who have no command of their passions do themselves even sink under the load of them. The wrath of a fool lies heavily upon those he is enraged at, to whom, in his fury, he will be in danger of doing some mischief. It is therefore our wisdom not to give... read more