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Proverbs 27:22
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
אִ֥ם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־ אֶת־ הָאֱוִ֨יל׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָ֭רִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־ תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ