Proverbs 27:22
King James Version
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22 in context
Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:22SELECTED VERSE
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?