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 reflects face,So a man’s heart reveals the man.
20 Hell and Destruction are never full;So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,And a man is valued by what others say of him.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,And attend to your herds;
24 For riches are not forever,Nor does a crown endure to all generations.