Proverbs 27:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said, 16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain. 11 And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 Then Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and a great cry went up from Egypt; for there was not a house where someone was not dead.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
  • 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord. 23 For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
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    75%

    3A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

    4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

    6He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

    9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 27:23
    73%

    23Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Eccl 7:6
    72%

    6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

  • Prov 26:8-9
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    72%

    8Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    72%

    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

    12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Ps 94:8
    72%

    8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 18:2
    71%

    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Prov 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

    20Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    71%

    14The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Isa 28:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.

    28Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    69%

    19For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.