| Geneva Study Bible A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wesley's Notes 27:3 Heavier - More grievous, being without cause, without measure, and without end. King James Translators' Notes heavy: Heb. heaviness Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 3. heavy-The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral. a fool's wrath-is unreasonable and excessive. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 27:1 We know not what a day may bring forth. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not put off the great work of conversion, that one thing needful. 2. There may be occasion for us to justify ourselves, but not to praise ourselves. 3,4. Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load. 5,6. Plain and faithful rebukes are better, not only than secret hatred, but than love which compliments in sin, to the hurt of the soul. 7. The poor have a better relish of their enjoyments, and are often more thankful for them, than the rich. In like manner the proud and self-sufficient disdain the gospel; but those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, find comfort from the meanest book or sermon that testifies of Christ Jesus. 8. Every man has his proper place in society, where he may be safe and comfortable. | 
