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Proverbs 27:21-23
Legacy Standard Bible

21 The (A)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (B)is tested by the mouth that praises him.
22 Though you (C)pound an ignorant fool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain,
His [a]folly will not turn aside from him.

23 (D)Know well the [b]condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:22 A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool
  2. Proverbs 27:23 Lit face
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