Proverbs

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; ²⁴for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. ²⁵When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,