19 As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reflects a man.
20 The grave and destruction are not satisfied; So the eyes of man are not satisfied.
21 A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.
22 Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him.
23 Know well the state of your flocks; Set your heart to your herds;
24 For riches are not forever, Nor a diadem to all generations.
25 Grass vanishes, and new grass appears, And the vegetation of the mountains are gathered in.