Proverbs 27:16-26

¹⁶He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.

¹⁸He that watcheth the fig-tree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.

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

²⁰The realms of the dead are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

²²Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds!

²⁴For riches last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.

²⁵The hay disappeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in.

²⁶The lambs are thy clothing, And the goats the price of thy field.