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19 As a face is reflected in water,
    so the heart reflects the real person.

20 Just as Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,
    so human desire is never satisfied.

21 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
    but a person is tested by being praised.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:20 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon.
  2. 27:21 Or by flattery.

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