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19 Just as water reflects the face,
    so the heart reflects the person.

20 Sheol[a] and Abaddon[b] are never satiated,
    and neither are human eyes.

21 As the crucible tests[c] silver,
    and the furnace assays[d] gold;
        so praise received tests[e] a man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 I.e. the realm of the dead
  2. Proverbs 27:20 I.e. the realm of destruction in the afterlife
  3. Proverbs 27:21 The Heb. lacks tests
  4. Proverbs 27:21 The Heb. lacks assays
  5. Proverbs 27:21 The Heb. lacks tests