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21 Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold.
    But people are tested by the praise they receive.

22 Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill.
    Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool.
    Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.

23 Be sure you know how your flocks are doing.
    Pay careful attention to your herds.

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21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but people are tested by their praise.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
    grinding them like grain with a pestle,
    you will not remove their folly from them.

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,(B)
    give careful attention to your herds;

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