Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest grind a fool 1 in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle, 1 yet will not his folly be removed from him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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.

In Context

21As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav; 1 so is an ish tested by the praise he receives. 1

23Be thou diligent to know the condition of thy tzon, 1 and look well to thy adarim (flocks). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:5And it was told the melech Mitzrayim that HaAm had fled; and the lev Pharaoh and of his avadim was turned against HaAm, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Yisroel go from slaving for us?

1 Samuel 19:21And when it was told Sha'ul, he sent other malachim, and they prophesied likewise. And Sha'ul sent malachim again shelishim (third ones) and they prophesied also.

2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress he did act even more unfaithfully against Hashem. This is that Melech Achaz.

Proverbs 23:35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; 1 they have beaten me, and I felt it not. 1 Mosai (when) shall I awake? 1 I will seek yet another drink.

Jeremiah 5:3Hashem, are not Thine eyes upon emunah? 1 Thou hast struck them, but they felt no anguish; 1 Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to accept musar; + 5:3 cf Isa 53:5 1 they have made their faces harder than stone; 1 they have refused to make teshuvah. 1

Revelation 16:10And hachamishi (the fifth) [malach, angel] poured out his ke'ara (bowl) on the kes (throne) of the Chayyah [Beast, Anti-Moshiach]; and the Malchut (Kingdom) of the Chayyah (Beast, Anti-Moshiach) became darkened, and in agony they were gnawing their tongues. + 16:10 Ex 10:21-23; Isa 8:22

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:22

21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. This gives us a touchstone by which we may try ourselves. Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is man tried by praising him. Let him be extolled and preferred, and then he will show himself what he is. 1. If a man be made, by the applause that is given him, proud, conceited, and scornful,—if he take the glory to himself which he should transmit to God, as Herod did,—if, the more he is… Read the whole commentary →

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