Proverbs 27:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes vpo the trueth? Thou hast striken them, but they haue not sorowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a stone, and haue refused to returne.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Wherefore shoulde ye be smitten any more? For ye fall away more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men which knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other gods and all the wome that stoode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the lande of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying, 16 The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde, wee will not heare it of thee,
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth Angel powred out his viall vpon the throne of the beast, and his kingdome waxed darke, and they gnawed their tongues for sorowe, 11 And blasphemed the God of heauen for their paines, and for their sores, and repented not of their workes.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 And Pharaoh rose vp in the night, he, and all his seruants and all the Egyptians: and there was a great crye in Egypt: for there was no house where there was not one dead.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemie sayd, I wil pursue, I wil ouertake them, I will deuide the spoyle, my lust shall bee satisfied vpon them, I will drawe my sworde, mine hand shall destroy them.
  • 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in ye time of his tribulation did he yet trespasse more against ye Lord, (this is King Ahaz) 23 For he sacrificed vnto the gods of Damascus, which plagued him, and he sayd, Because the gods of the Kings of Aram helped them, I wil sacrifice vnto them, and they will helpe me: yet they were his ruine, and of all Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 27:23
    73%

    23Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • Eccl 7:6
    72%

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 27:21
    72%

    21As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Prov 26:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.

    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Ps 94:8
    72%

    8Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 18:2
    71%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Prov 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

    15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Isa 28:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27For fitches shall not be threshed with a threshing instrument, neither shall a cart wheele be turned about vpon the cummin: but ye fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and cummin with a rod.

    28Bread corne when it is threshed, hee doeth not alway thresh it, neither doeth the wheele of his cart still make a noyse, neither will he breake it with the teeth thereof.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    69%

    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.