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Proverbs 27:22 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Proverbs 27:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 27 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle (אִם־תִּכְתּוֹשׁ אֶת־הָאֱוִיל בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת בַּעֱלִי, im-tikhtosh et-ha'evil bamakhitesh betokh harifot ba'eli)—the graphic imagery employs כָּתַשׁ (katash, 'to pound, beat') and מַכְתֵּשׁ (makhtesh, 'mortar'), tools for grinding grain with an עֱלִי (eli, 'pestle'). The violent action suggests extreme measures applied to the אֱוִיל (evil, 'fool').Yet will not his foolishness depart from him (לֹא־תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתּוֹ, lo-tasur me'alav ivvalto)—the אִוֶּלֶת (ivvelet, 'folly, foolishness') remains im...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 27:22
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“don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them”
“They have stricken me”
“that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick”
“and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain”
“he”
“and all the women who stood by”
“and they said”
“this same king Ahaz.”
“'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword”