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Proverbs 27:20-22
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 27:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 Sheol[a] and Abaddon[b] will not be satisfied,
and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.
21 A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold,
but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.
22 If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle along with[c] the crushed grain,
it will not drive folly from upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
- Proverbs 27:20 Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
- Proverbs 27:22 Or “in the midst of”
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