Compare Ecclesiasticus 22:15; a similar comparison between the heaviest material burdens and the more intolerable load of unreasoning passion.

But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both — that is, harder to bear. (Compare to Sirach 12:15.) The “fool” here (evil)…

One might endure almost any sort of labour sooner than have to live with someone who is perpetually and foolishly angry.

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty
As was the stone which was at the well's mouth, where Laban's flocks were w…

Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.