Proverbs 27:14-23

English Standard Version

¹⁴ Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.
^15 (A)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp^[a] oil in one's right hand.
¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.^[b]
18 (B)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who ^(C)guards his master will be honored.
¹⁹ As in water face reflects face,
    so the heart of man reflects the man.
^20 (D)Sheol and Abaddon are ^(E)never satisfied,
    and ^(F)never satisfied are the eyes of man.
^21 (G)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    and a man is tested by his praise.
^22 (H)Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
    along with crushed grain,
    yet his folly will not depart from him.