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Proverbs 27:22

World English Bible

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

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Proverbs 27:22 in other translations

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Proverbs 27:22 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 27:22 in context

  1. 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
    and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
  2. 21The crucible is for silver,
    and the furnace for gold;
    but man is refined by his praise.
  3. 22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
    yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
  4. 23Know well the state of your flocks,
    and pay attention to your herds:
  5. 24for riches are not forever,
    nor does the crown endure to all generations.