Proverbs
Chapters 27:17-23
New International Version Anglicized
17As iron sharpens iron,so one person sharpens another.
18The one who guards a fig-tree will eat its fruit,and whoever protects their master will be honoured.
19As water reflects the face,so one’s life reflects the heart.
20Death and Destruction are never satisfied,and neither are human eyes.
21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,but people are tested by their praise.
22Though you grind a fool in a mortar,grinding them like grain with a pestle,you will not remove their folly from them.
23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,give careful attention to your herds;