Proverbs 27:22

World English Bible (2000)

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 "They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were 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 beaten more, that you 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 burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived 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 Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain, 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.
  • Exod 12:30 : 30 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 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, 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 on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
  • 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so 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
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    3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

    4Don't 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.

    6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A senseless man doesn't know, neither does 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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    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

  • Prov 26:8-9
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    8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

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

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

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

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats 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
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    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 29:19-20
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    19A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Isa 28:27-28
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    27For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.

    28Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don't grind it.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.