After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, 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.
Proverbs 27:22 - Revised Standard Version Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, 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.
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 one was not dead.
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
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.’
The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.
“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.”
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
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.