19 As water reflects the face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22 Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, pay attention to your herds,
24 for riches are not forever, nor a crown from generation to generation.
25 When hay is removed and grass appears, and grain from the hills is gathered in,