Proverbs 27:15-26

¹⁵A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

¹⁶Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

¹⁷Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

¹⁸The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

¹⁹As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

²⁰Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

²¹A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

²²If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

²³Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

²⁴For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

²⁵Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

²⁶Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,