Proverbs 27:22 meaning and explanation

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Proverbs 27:22, Berean Standard Bible

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This proverb belongs to a collection of short sayings in Proverbs 27. The speaker is a wisdom teacher, and the saying uses an everyday picture: grinding grain with a mortar and pestle.

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