Proverbs 27:22 (WEB)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Fathers and councils · 2
Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“That is one confirmed in wickedness.” — editor's note: Cf. xxvii. 22, the Septuagint rendering being: “Though thou shouldest disgrace and scourge a fool in the midst of the council, thou wilt not strip him of his…
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Gregory the Great
“For let them hear that in them is fulfilled that which is written, If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, as if with a pestle pounding barley, his foolishness will not be taken away from him (Prov. xxvii. 22).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.