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Proverbs 27:19-25 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

19. It is your own face that you see reflected in the water and it is your own self that you see in your heart.

20. Human desires are like the world of the dead — there is always room for more.

21. Fire tests gold and silver; a person's reputation can also be tested.

22. Even if you beat fools until they're half dead, you still can't beat their foolishness out of them.

23. Look after your sheep and cattle as carefully as you can,

24. because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last for ever.

25. You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.

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