Proverbs 27:17-23

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

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

²⁰The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.

²¹The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;