Proverbs 27:19-24

¹⁹As the water showeth to the face the reflected face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.

²⁰The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied.

²¹As the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man proved according to his praise.

²²Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.

²³Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;

²⁴For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.