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22 If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,[a]
    even then his stupidity will not leave him.
23 Be fully aware of the condition of your flock,
    and pay close attention to your herds.
24 Wealth is not forever.
    Nor does a crown last from one generation to the next.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:22 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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