18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;so he who waits on his master will be honored.
19 As in water face answers to face,so the heart of man to man.
20 Death and destruction are never full;so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,so is a man to his praise.
22 Though you should grind a fool in a mortaramong wheat with a pestle,yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,and look well to your herds;
24 for riches are not forever,nor does the crown endure to every generation.