Proverbs 27:22
ESV, NIV, KJV · TruthBound Bible
ESV
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain , yet his folly will not depart from him.
NIV
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
KJV
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.