Proverbs 27:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 [As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
  • 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

    6¶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21¶ [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

  • Prov 26:8-9
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    8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.

    9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11¶ As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

    12¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 13:16
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    16¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Prov 29:19-20
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    19¶ A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

    20¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 12:23
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    23¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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  • Prov 19:3
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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Isa 28:27-28
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    27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

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  • Prov 11:29
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    29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 14:33
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  • Prov 17:25
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    25¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 10:8
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  • Prov 15:14
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  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.