Proverbs 27:18-26

¹⁸The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.

¹⁹Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.

²⁰Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied.

²¹A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.

²²Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.

²³Be sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,

²⁴for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?

²⁵You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in.

²⁶Those lambs will provide your clothing and the goats will provide the price of the field.