Proverbs 27:13-24

¹³Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.

¹⁴Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, that blessing will be considered to be a curse!

¹⁵A quarreling wife is like the constant dripping on a rainy day;

¹⁶restraining her is like restraining the wind, or trying to catch oil in your right hand.

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron; in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.

¹⁸The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.

¹⁹Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.

²⁰Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied.

²¹A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.

²²Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.

²³Be sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,

²⁴for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?