Proverbs 27:18-23

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.

²²Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.

²³You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,