Proverbs 27:15-22

¹⁵A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as fragrant oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.

¹⁷Iron is sharpened by iron: so doth a man sharpen himself on the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.

¹⁹As the water showeth to the face the reflected face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.

²⁰The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied.

²¹As the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man proved according to his praise.

²²Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.