Proverbs 27:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 13:33

King Jeroboam did not change. He continued doing evil things. He continued to choose people from different family groups to become priests. [173] Those priests served at the high places. [174] Any person who wanted to be a priest was allowed to become a priest.

Exodus 12:30

That night someone died in every house in Egypt. Pharaoh, his officials, and all the people of Egypt began crying very loudly.

Exodus 14:5

Pharaoh received a report that the people of Israel had escaped. When he heard this, he and his officials changed their minds about what they had done. Pharaoh said, “Why did we let the people of Israel leave? Why did we let them run away? Now we have lost our slaves!”

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I’ll chase them and catch them. I’ll take all their riches. I’ll take it all with my sword. I’ll take everything for myself.’

Proverbs 14:24

Wise people are rewarded by wealth. But foolish people are rewarded by foolishness.

Proverbs 23:35

You will say, “They hit me but I never felt it. They beat me but I don’t remember it. Now I can’t wake up. I need another drink.”

Proverbs 26:11

A dog eats food. Then he gets sick and vomits. Then the dog eats that food again. It is the same with a foolish person. He does the same foolish things again and again.

Isaiah 1:5

\{God says,\} “Why should I continue to punish you people? \{I punished you, but you did not change.\} You continue to rebel against me. Now every head and every heart is sick.

Jeremiah 13:23

A black man can’t change\par the color of his skin.\par And a leopard can’t change his spots.\par In the same way, Jerusalem, you can’t change and do good.\par You always do bad things.\par

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know that you want people\par to be loyal to you.\par You hit the people of Judah,\par but they did not feel any pain.\par You destroyed them,\par but they refused to learn their lesson.\par They became very stubborn.\par They refused to be sorry\par for the bad things they did.\par

1 Samuel 19:21

Saul heard about this, so he sent other messengers. But they also began prophesying. So Saul sent messengers a third time. And they also began prophesying.