Proverbs 27:15-23

¹⁵A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

¹⁷Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

¹⁸He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

¹⁹As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

²⁰The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

²¹As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

²³Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.