Proverbs 27:22
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 emiah, 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 poud 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 sos, and pented 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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- Prov 26:3-64 verses75%
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.
5 Answer 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.
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9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his aise.
- Prov 26:8-92 verses72%
8 As 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.
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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 14:7-82 verses72%
7 Go from the esence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
- Prov 26:11-122 verses72%
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.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ide: but the lips of the wise shall eserve them.
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8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
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16 Every udent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
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9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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3 Yea 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.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
- Prov 29:19-202 verses71%
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.
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16 Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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23 A udent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools oclaimeth foolishness.
- Eccl 10:14-152 verses71%
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, bause he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reoof is udent.
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over inces.
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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uightly.
- Isa 28:27-282 verses70%
27 For 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.
28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
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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.
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23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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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.
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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a ating fool shall fall.
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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.