Proverbs 27:16-21

¹⁶Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.

¹⁷An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.

¹⁸Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.

¹⁹Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.

²⁰In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.

²¹Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.