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