22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:22
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 22
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Though אִ֥ם H518 Conjunction you grind תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־ H3806 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker a fool הָאֱוִ֨יל׀ H191 Article | Noun - masculine singular like grain הָ֭רִיפוֹת H7383 Article | Noun - feminine plural with mortar בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ H4388 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular [and] בְּת֣וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct a pestle בַּֽעֱלִ֑י H5940 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular [yet] his folly אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ H200 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular will not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle depart תָס֥וּר H5493 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular from him מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו H5921 Preposition-m | third person masculine singular