PROVERBS 27:21-27

²¹The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, 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 unto all generations?

²⁵The hay is carried, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field:

²⁷And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.