Proverbs 27:22

A Conservative Version

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t

Proverbs 23:35

They have stricken me, [thou 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.

Isaiah 1:5

Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Exodus 12:30

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.

Exodus 14:5

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were 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?

Exodus 15:9

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.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

1 Samuel 19:21

And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

1 Kings 13:33

After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again made from among all the people priests of the high places. Whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

Proverbs 14:24

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