Proverbs 27:21-26

²¹As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.

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

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds.

²⁴For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure to every generation?

²⁵The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, And herbs of the mountains are gathered.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field.