Proverbs 27:19-23

¹⁹Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²³Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,