Proverbs 27:22
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
In context
19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. 21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. 22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? 25 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:22 in the KJV
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:22 in the NIV
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.