Proverbs 27:3

World English Bible

³A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 27:3

New International Version

³Stone is heavy and sand^(A) a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.

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