Proverbs 27:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

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  • Prov 23:35 : 35 "They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have 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 you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great multitude, even all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 And Pharaoh rose 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 had 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 desire 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, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had struck him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore I will 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 26:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 27:23
    73%

    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Eccl 7:6
    72%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 27:21
    72%

    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Prov 26:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

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

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Ps 94:8
    72%

    8Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    71%

    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understands, he will not respond.

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

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Isa 28:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27For the black cumin is not threshed with a threshing instrument, nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin; but the black cumin is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.

    28Bread grain is crushed, yet he does not thresh it forever, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor crush it with his horsemen.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    69%

    19For you gladly bear with fools, seeing that you yourselves are wise.