Proverbs 27:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Common English Bible

²² Even if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won’t be driven from them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

Proverbs 27:22 Cross References

1 Kings 13:33

Even after this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who wanted to be priests he consecrated for the high places.

Exodus 12:30

Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud cry in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

Exodus 14:5

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the minds of Pharaoh and his officials were changed toward the people, and they said, “What have we done, letting Israel leave our service?”

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake; I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but folly is the garland of fools.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you seek further beatings? Why do you continue to rebel? The whole head is injured, and the whole heart faint.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Cushites change their skin or leopards their spots? Then also you can do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.

1 Samuel 19:21

When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also fell into a frenzy. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also fell into a frenzy.