Proverbs 27:22

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Proverbs 27:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

Exodus 12:30

During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

Exodus 14:5

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

Exodus 15:9

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

2 Chronicles 28:22

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:23

Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 44:16

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

Revelation 16:11

and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.