Proverbs 27:22

Modern English Version

Though you grind a fool in the mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:33

After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.

Exodus 12:30

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 someone dead.

Exodus 14:5

When it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled, 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?”

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

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 must have another drink.”

Proverbs 26:11

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

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be beaten again, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Cushite change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 5:3

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.

1 Samuel 19:21

When it was reported to Saul, he sent other messengers. And they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again a third time, and they too prophesied.