Proverbs

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied. 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: