Proverbs 27:22

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Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.

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  • Prov 23:35 : 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods answered Jeremiah, along with all the women standing there in a large assembly, and all the people living in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, saying: 16 The word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony, 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they refused to repent of their deeds.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 Pharaoh got up during the night, along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was no house without someone dead.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the Israelites. They said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services!”
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
  • 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. 23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, for he said, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them so they may help me.' But they were the downfall of him and all of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
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    3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

    6Whoever sends a message by the hands of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

  • Prov 26:8-9
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    8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Prov 29:19-20
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    19A servant cannot be corrected by mere words; even if he understands, he will not respond.

    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    71%

    14A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

    15The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Isa 28:27-28
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    27For black cumin is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin. Instead, black cumin is beaten with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

    28Grain must be ground to make bread, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of a cart roll over it and its horses trample it, they do not crush it entirely.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

    8A wise-hearted person accepts commands, but a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like snow in summer and rain during harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    69%

    19For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.