Proverbs 27:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.
  • Jer 44:15-16 : 15 Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered, 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us!
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; 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 trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the LORD. 23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. He reasoned,“Since the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 26:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

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

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

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

  • 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%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Eccl 7:6
    72%

    6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

  • Prov 27:21
    72%

    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

  • Prov 26:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Ps 94:8
    72%

    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    71%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

    15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Isa 28:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail.

    28Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

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

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    69%

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