Proverbs 27:22

“The obstinate wickedness of such is incurable by the heaviest inflictions.”

“Bray - To pound wheat in a mortar with a pestle, in order to free the wheat from its husks and impurities, is to go through a far more elaborate process than threshing. But the folly of the fool is not thus to be got rid of. It sticks to him to the last; all discipline, teaching, experience seem to be wasted on him. return to 'Top of Page'”

“27:22 Foolishness is deeply ingrained in the character of a fool.”

“Pro 23:35; Exo 12:30, Exo 14:5, Exo 15:9; Ch2 28:22, Ch2 28:23; Isa 1:5; Jer 5:3; Jer 44:15, Jer 44:16; Rev 16:10, Rev 16:11 Proverbs 27:23”

“22 Though thou bruise a fool in a mortar among grit with a pestle, Yet would not his folly depart from him. According to the best accredited accentuations, אם־תּכתּושׁ has Illuj. and בּמּכתּשׁ has Pazer, not Rebia, which would separate more than the Dechi, and disturb the sequence of the thoughts. The first line is long; the chief disjunctive in the sphere of the Athnach is Dechi of 'הר, this disjoins more than the Pazer of 'בּם, and this again more than the Legarmeh of את־האויל. The ה of הרפות does not belong to the stem of the word (Hitzig), but is the article; רפות (from רוּף, to shake, to break; according to Schultens, from רפת, to crumble, to cut in pieces, after the form קיטור, which…”