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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 27) Proverbs 27:22 KJV
"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 22
Proverbs 27:22 in Context (Verses 19–25 KJV)
19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.*
21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.*
24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?**
25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.