17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.[a]
18 (A)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who (B)guards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face reflects face,
    so the heart of man reflects the man.
20 (C)Sheol and Abaddon are (D)never satisfied,
    and (E)never satisfied are the eyes of man.
21 (F)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    and a man is tested by his praise.
22 (G)Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
    along with crushed grain,
    yet his folly will not depart from him.

23 (H)Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and (I)give attention to your herds,
24 for (J)riches do not last forever;
    and does a crown endure to all generations?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another

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